KATHMANDU: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has approved a month-long schedule for domestic and foreign airlines to conduct international flights to and from 11 destinations abroad, an official said. As per official notice,

According to a notice, the Nepal Aviation Authority has greenlighted 21 flights per week from and to 11 foreign destinations from June 1 to July 31, as per reports. It is the first time for Nepal to approve so many flights to so many destinations since the South Asian country went into a lockdown in late April to contain a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

As per the officla notice, the designated airlines can conduct flights to and from New Delhi; Doha; Istanbul; Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi; Dammam;, Kuwait; Muscat; Kuala Lumpur and Narita.

Nepal Aviation Authority spokesman Raj Kumar Chhetri reportedly said that the latest decision came following consultations with the airlines after the Nepali government decided to increase the number of destinations for the resumption of international flights. He  noted that there would be only one-way flights from Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi to Kathmandu as the United Arab Emirates does not allow travel from the Himalayan nation for now.

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