Kathmandu: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)—have reached an agreement to supply uninterrupted aviation turbine fuel to domestic airlines. As part of the deal, NAC has agreed to airlift 690 tonnes of fuel within 10 days dispatching its Boeing 757 to Kolkata, India. NAC will conduct 30 return flights to airlift fuel. Pradip Yadav, chief of NOC’s airport depot, said NAC Managing Director Sugat Ratna Kansakar and NOC Managing Director Gopal Bahadur Khadka signed an agreement to this effect. “The deal assures the domestic airlines will not face fuel shortage during Dashain and Tihar festivals,” said Yadav. The unofficial trade embargo imposed by India citing Tarai unrest has affected fuel imports through all Nepal-India border points.
19/10/15 Kathmandu Post
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19/10/15 Kathmandu Post
