Nepal to resume international flights from September 1, restrictions to foreign tourists
Travel Biz News —
Kathmandu: The government has decided to resume chartered and regular passenger international flights from September 1.
However, only Nepalis and representatives of diplomatic missions, and development partners will be allowed to fly into Nepal, with restrictions on foreign tourists until further notice.
The regular flights will be allowed only from those countries which have easy COVID-19 testing procedures and facilitations.
People willing to go abroad will be allowed to travel after flights resume on September 1.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation will make timetable of the regular international flights ensuring that only 500 passengers land at the Tribhuvan International Airport on a daily basis, according to government spokesperson and Minister for Communication and Information Technology Yubaraj Khatiwada.
The government decided to resume regular flights from Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia, America, Canada and European countries where RT-PCR tests are easily available.
People, including Nepalis, won’t be allowed to take flights to Nepal from countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar where PCR tests are not easily available. Nepalis stranded in these countries could be brought home on chartered flights.
All passengers coming from regular flights should compulsorily stay at the hotels for minimum seven days. Airlines will have to collect the expenses of hotel quarantine from their passengers and ensure that they pay the respective hotels as per the bookings.
After completing seven days in quarantine, they have to spend another 14 days in home quarantine.
The government has made public the list of hotels with the price to be used as quarantine facility for those returning home by a chartered flight from abroad.
The domestic flights will not resume due to prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley and other districts.
Aug 21, 2020
