Nepal
Airlines Corporation (NAC) has added two flights on the domestic routes.
The airlines
that has been flying once a week to Taplejung will now fly twice, every Mondays
and Thursdays, the airlines said, adding that the added flights to the remote
districts will help increase access of the people.
Likewise,
the ailing national flag carrier that has been struggling to recover market
share from the private airlines has also restarted its Jumla flight. "The
Jumla flight will be regular once a week," it said, adding that the
airlines will fly to Jumla on Sunday and return to Kathmandu on Monday.
The airlines
that had once the monopoly domestic market is fighting to get its market share
as the private airlines have been competitive with enough fleet to fly, whereas
the NAC has no aircraft to fly even on the domestic routes.
As Nepal is
the mountainous country, in some of the districts, there is not yet road
network and the air travel is the only means of transportation. Some 44
airports are operational in the country, where there are around one dozen
domestic private airlines serving the air passengers.
The NAC has recently signed
an agreement to buy six aircraft from China.
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