Nepal to revise air service deal with India, Qatar

Kathmandu: Frequency of flights from Nepal to Qatar and India may soon increase as the government is all prepared to review air service agreements with the two countries.
The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has recently received nod from the council of ministers to initiate the process. But it is yet to fix the dates for meetings with the two countries.
The last time Nepal had revised air service agreement with India was in 1997. Similar agreement with Qatar was signed in 2002.
Currently, Indian airline companies are allowed to bring in only 6,000 passengers per week from India. The same ceiling has been fixed for Nepali airline companies. Qatar´s airline companies, on the other hand, are only allowed to conduct 11 flights per week from their country and the same cap has been imposed on Nepali airline companies flying to Qatar.
The source also told that the government would hold talks with Nepali airline companies conducting international flights and seek their advice on appropriate number of flights that Nepal should agree on.
28/07/09 Republica, Nepal

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2009