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Flights reduced due to fuel shortage

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November 8: Private airlines companies of the country have cut down more than 75 per cent of air flights due to the fuel shortage.

The private sector airlines companies reduced flights as the Nepal Airlines Corporation failed to supply fuel from Kolkata, India.

Bhim Raj Rai, Manager of Yeti Airlines, said that they were compelled to cut down on the flights after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)'s Tribhuvan International Airport depot told them that it could not provide the aviation fuel due to the fuel crisis.

Passengers are facing difficulties as more than 48 flights to different destinations from the TIA have been affected. The passenger lounge at the domestic terminal at TIA looked almost deserted with a very few domestic flights today.

Except for some sporadic flights operated by Nepal Airlines, Buddha Air, Yerti Air, Tara Air and Simrik Air, there was no other flights from the airport.

Manager Rai said Yeti Airlines operated only two out of its total 40 flights scheduled for today.

Spokesman of the Nepal Airlines Corporation Ram Hari Sharma said that the Corporation would operate three flights to Kolkata, India on Monday and bring in avaiation fuel at the rate of 30 tonnes per flight. The Corporation today brought about 60 tonnes of aviation fuel from a flight it operated from Kathmandu to Kolkata.

The private airlines companies need 140,000 litres aviation fuel daily for operating normal flights. This is the first time in the country's history that air flights, which is considered an essential service, have been drastically reduced due to the fuel shortage. RSS

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