Goma Air to fly soon

Goma Air is bringing Cessna Caravan tomorrow.
"We will be based in Surkhet and fly to the five western hilly districts -- Jumla, Mugu, Humla, Bajhang, and Bajura -- currently," said Goma Air chairman Upendra Bhattarai.
"But we will be expanding our services to Rolpa soon," he said adding that the two Cessna Caravan of Goma Air have been flying to Kathmandu from Muscat, Oman today through New Delhi and land at the Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) by tomorrow afternoon.
The airlines with an investment of Rs 250 million plans to have passenger and cargo flights. "The nine-seater aircraft will be modified to 14-seater for the passenger flight," he said, adding that the aircraft has 1300-kg cargo carrying capacity, though it depends on district-to-distrcist, as the western hilly districts have various altitudes.
The airlines that has six captains and two aeronautical engineers among the promoters also have chartered flights apart from the cargo and passenger flight.
There are eight domestic airlines and five helicopter services currently operating from Kathmandu.
While the domestic passenger movement has grown by 13 per cent, domestic aircraft movement increased a nominal 2.09 per cent in a year, according to the data. Almost all the domestic carriers saw their business taking off during the period.
Today it is possible to reach to most of the tourist destinations in Nepal from the remote airfields to major cities in the country by air and the private airlines have greatly contributed to the tourism industry too.
The step taken by the government after 1990 by adopting an open sky policy allowing the private airlines to step in the domestic air service front has not only strengthened the development of tourism sector, but also create employment for thousands educated professionals.