A six-member
European Commission (EC) delegation is arriving Nepal today to study the
documentation system of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and look into domestic
air carriers' safety measures.
The team will
conduct safety assessments of six domestic air carriers – Nepal Airlines
Corporation, Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Tara Air, Sita Air and Shree Airlines –
for five days on February 3-8.
After onsite
safety assessment, the team will prepare a report and submit it to the meeting
of EC's Air Safety Committee – in Brussels in April – that will decide whether
or not to lift the ban on Nepali airlines from flying to European skies that
the EC imposed on December 5, 2013.
The team will
also reevaluate CAAN's documentation and progresses made so far on
airworthiness and examine the improvements of personnel licensing mechanism of
CAAN to ensure safety of passengers and aircraft.
Earlier, International
Civil Aviation Organisation's Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) had pointed
out several safety issues and raised questions regarding implementation of new
guideline for providing Air Operators' Certificate (AOC) to new airlines and
extending AOC for existing airlines.
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