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Travel Agents Ask Govt to Resume Regular International Flights

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Travel Agents Ask Govt to Resume Regular International Flights
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Travel agents have requested the government to allow airliners to resume regular international air services for few days to repatriate Nepalis stranded abroad. Their request came after the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) directed international airliners not to start charter flights on their own to bring back Nepalis stranded in foreign lands. Issuing a directive Saturday, CAAN restricted airliners to start booking or issuing tickets for scheduled or charter flights to and from Nepal. CAAN has said that permission to operate repatriation flights requires processing through the diplomatic channels.

“As the government has already decided to repatriate Nepalis stranded abroad, we have requested for the resumption of regular international flights to help those looking to travel to other countries from Nepal and those seeking to return at cheaper air fares,” said Achyut Guragain, president of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA). According to him, the association has demanded to allow NATTA members to start sales of air tickets on proportional basis. “This will also provide some relief to the crisis-stricken Nepali travel businesses as the existing arrangement allow travel agencies to take 5 percent in commission from air ticket sales,” mentioned Guragain.

With increasing complains that airline operators have been charging high for chartered flights from Nepalis stranded abroad, CAAN announced ban on such flights, exempting those operated through diplomatic channels, starting from yesterday. According to sources, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation directed CAAN to issue the directive to ban chartered flights by international airlines after receiving complaints from Nepalis looking to return to the country.

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