Nepal is going to be the air transit route for international
airlines, according to the revised Nepal-China Air Service Agreement (ASA)
signed here today.
China has also approved the access of new Trans-Himalaya 1
(Bangkok-Kolkata-Nepalgunj-Indek in Pakistan), 2 and 3 airspaces for
international air traffic that is going to benefit Nepal as the international
airlines flying on Nepal's sky will pay the country, according to the
international law.
Earlier, Nepal had proposed the three air routes at different
meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) but the most
beneficial route – the Trans-Himalaya 2 – will be more beneficial.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has kept the
Himalaya 2 airspace as a future requirement.
Implementation of the new airspace will allow international
airlines to fly in the Nepali airspace, savings them fuel and distance, while
Nepal will get revenue from it.
But Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and Civil Aviation
Administration of China (CAAC) will sign a letter of intent for the development
of these three airspaces soon to formalise the new routes.
Likewise, Nepal’s proposal of 'circle navigation flights' for
Nepali helicopters to Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet is yet to be decided by
China.
The revised bilateral air
services agreement (ASA) – that tourism secretary Sushil Ghimire and CAAC’s
deputy administrator Xia Xinghua signed the on behalf of their respective
governments here today – also permitted the operation of 56 flights per week
with any types of aircraft on a reciprocal basis. "Under the old ASA,
Chinese airlines were allowed to operate 14 flights per week," according
to the Ministry of Tourism.
Similarly, an additional seven flights per week will be added
annually to 70 flights per week by 2016, according to the revised ASA that
could be further revised, if one of the countries feels the need for more than
70 flights a week.
Permitted bi-lateral and third-party code-sharing by carriers of
the two countries, the revised agreement has also given unlimited traffic
rights for cargo-only flights with any types of aircraft.
China, on the occasion, also added a new point – Xian – one of the
oldest cities in China that has more than 3,100 years of history for Nepali
carriers making the seventh destination apart from Chengdu, Lhahsa, Beijing,
Kunming, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Currently, Air China flies on Kathmandu-Lhasa route, Chine Estern
flies on Kathmandu-Kunming route, China Southern links Kathmandu to Guangzhou,
and Sichuan Airlines has expressed interest in connecting Nepal soon, whereas
Nepali airlines do not fly to any of the Chinese cities. But China has agreed
to remove the restriction for Nepali carriers to operate in Lhasa, as and when,
they wish.
Earlier, the two neighbours
had signed the first ASA in 2003 and Air China started its direct flight in
2004.
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