NAC conducts test flight at GBIA

KATHMANDU: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is conducting an ‘operational performance test flight’ at Gautam Buddha International Airport today. The NAC's wide-body aircraft (A330-200) was scheduled to leave for GBIA from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) at 3:00 pm. It takes about 45 minutes to make a flight from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa. The test flight conducted by the NAC aircraft to the second international airport built after 74 years of the establishment of the first one is said to be historic. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) director general, Er Pradip Adhikari, the establishment of another international airport is a significant achievement for the nation. The wide-body aircraft will be landing beside Kathmandu for the first time in the country’s history, Adhikari said. [caption id="attachment_17228" align="alignnone" width="800"] FILE: The second wide-body Airbus aircraft (A330-200) of Nepal Airlines Corporation being welcomed at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo: RSS[/caption] According to CAAN, domestic airports in Tarai areas, as well as the GBIA, will come into operation for 18 hours daily from today. The international commercial flights will be operated at the airport for 24 hours from May 16. Adhikari said that it is the first national pride project coming into full operation. The test flight is being conducted to convey a message that the GBIA has come into operation and that any airline company could make flights in Nepal. The GBIA formally came into operation on April 21. However, international flight will be launched at the airport on May 16. Jazeera Airways is scheduled to operate its flight and has been making necessary preparation in this regard. READ ALSO:

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