The national flag carrier is resuming its flights to Japan after 12 years from tomorrow morning. The Airbus A330-200 series aircraft will be taking off at 2:30am on Thursday from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) to Osaka International Airport. The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will fly to Osaka with 130 passengers – 90 commercial passengers and remaining 40 are representatives from NAC and Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation – according to the NAC spokesperson Ganesh Kumar Chand, who will be flying to Osaka with State Minister for tourism Dhan Bahadur Budha, joint secretary Suresh Acharya and six lawmakers.
NAC is offering Rs 36,999 per person for a one-way ticket to Osaka as a promotional offer, whereas roundtrip fare is fixed at Rs 72,814 per person, including value added tax (VAT), he said, adding that the NAC is flying three days a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays – to Osaka. “It takes around six-and-a-half hours to reach Osaka from Kathmandu, whereas it will take around 8 eight hours to fly back to Kathmandu from Osaka.”
The NAC will operate direct passenger flights to Osaka with the Airbus A330-200.
Earlier, the NAC used to operate commercial flights on Kathmandu-Osaka route via Beijing twice a week between 1994 and 2007. But lack of aircraft, rising fuel price and lack of human resources forced the national flag carrier to halt the service 12 years ago. Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) permitted the corporation to resume its flight to Osaka after Nepal and Japan signed the Exchange of Notes on revising the Air Service Agreement (ASA) earlier this year.
Though, NAC had been planning to operate the Osaka flights from July 5, it started flights in August due to low flow of passengers till July-end. NAC, however, used to suspend flights to Japan during monsoon season when passenger flow declines 12 years ago too.
The NAC has targeted to fly some 63,000 Japanese tourists this year, according to the national flag carrier that is also preparing to operate direct flights to China and Saudi Arabia soon.
Currently, the national flag carrier is operating flights to 10 cities – including Dubai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Qatar and Osaka – of 8 countries with its 2 narrow-body and 2 wide-body Airbus.
NAC is offering Rs 36,999 per person for a one-way ticket to Osaka as a promotional offer, whereas roundtrip fare is fixed at Rs 72,814 per person, including value added tax (VAT), he said, adding that the NAC is flying three days a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays – to Osaka. “It takes around six-and-a-half hours to reach Osaka from Kathmandu, whereas it will take around 8 eight hours to fly back to Kathmandu from Osaka.”
The NAC will operate direct passenger flights to Osaka with the Airbus A330-200.
Earlier, the NAC used to operate commercial flights on Kathmandu-Osaka route via Beijing twice a week between 1994 and 2007. But lack of aircraft, rising fuel price and lack of human resources forced the national flag carrier to halt the service 12 years ago. Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) permitted the corporation to resume its flight to Osaka after Nepal and Japan signed the Exchange of Notes on revising the Air Service Agreement (ASA) earlier this year.
Though, NAC had been planning to operate the Osaka flights from July 5, it started flights in August due to low flow of passengers till July-end. NAC, however, used to suspend flights to Japan during monsoon season when passenger flow declines 12 years ago too.
The NAC has targeted to fly some 63,000 Japanese tourists this year, according to the national flag carrier that is also preparing to operate direct flights to China and Saudi Arabia soon.
Currently, the national flag carrier is operating flights to 10 cities – including Dubai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Qatar and Osaka – of 8 countries with its 2 narrow-body and 2 wide-body Airbus.
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