July 1: Domestic flights have resumed in the country after an interval of around two months. The government had suspended domestic flights on May 3 to curb the spread of second wave of Covid-19.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has fixed the flight schedule allowing the airline companies to share 64 flights a day among themselves.

As per the new flight schedule, domestic flights will be allowed at an interval of 10 minutes.

During normal days, a domestic flight takes off every two minutes, the state-owned national news agency (RSS) reported.

The new schedule was fixed to avoid overcrowding of the airport, RSS further reported.    
According to TIA’s general manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, Buddha Air has been permitted to operate 31 flights followed by 15 flights for Yeti Airlines, seven for  Shree Airlines, and three each for Sourya Airlines and other airlines.    
The Airport authorities have assured to effectively enforce the health safety protocol issued by the Nepal government for the safety of air passengers.    
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation had directed CAAN to operate flights limiting their frequencies to 50 percent of regular domestic flights effective from July 1 until another notice.

A representative of Buddha Air told New Business Age that the rainy weather is not likely to cancel the flights.

“Flights get suspended only if there is poor visibility,” he said, adding, “Normal rainfall does not affect flights.”