China allows Nepali airlines to fly to 15 Chinese destinations , flight frequencies raised
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Kathmandu – China has agreed to designate eight more destinations in China for flights operated by Nepali Airlines in a high-level meeting held in Beijing between the two countries today.
A two-day meeting between the officials of the civil aviation authorities of Nepal and China to discuss issues concerning bilateral air transportation under the Air Services Agreement concluded in Beijing today.
The Nepali delegation was led by Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Suresh Acharya, and Chinese side by Deputy Director General of Civil Aviation Administration of China, Ms. Bai Wenli .
Nepal and China agreed to intensify mutual co-operation on promoting bilateral air connectivity and further utilize and expand the opportunities in the civil aviation sector between the two countries through joint collaboration .
The Chinese side has agreed to designate eight more destinations in China for flights operated by Nepali Airlines in addition to the existing seven destinations – Beijing, Shanghai, Lhasa, Guangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu and Xian, as per the MoU signed between the two countries today.
The eight additional destinations will be specified by Nepal at its own discretion.
The two sides also agreed to raise the frequency of flights to 98 flights per week from each country. It is 70 flights per week at present.
For flights operated by China-designated airlines, 21 out of the agreed number of frequencies will be reserved for Gautam Buddha International Airport and Pokhara Regional International Airport.
Five Chinese airlines currently operate 46 flights a week to Nepal from different cities of China.
Nepali airlines would be allowed to land at Gunsa Airport in Tibet while circumnavigating Mt. Kailash as part of mountain flight, according to the agreement between the two countries.
July 26 , 2019
