The national flag carrier has started its regular flights to Saudi Arabia, for the first time.
The , Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) wide body A330 aircraft made its inaugural flight to Riyadh today.
During the inauguration programme, executive chairman of NAC Yuvraj Adhikari said that the historic flight to Riyadh has been launched overcoming various obstacles.
The inaugural flight was attended by Adhikari, senior officials of various ministries, representatives of various departments and businessmen. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) had recently given permission to NAC to operate flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
The one-way fare for Kathmandu-Riyadh has been fixed at Rs 37,000, informed the national flag carrier. “Only one-way fares have been fixed,” according to the NAC. “The NAC has received a slot for both wide body and narrow body ships to fly to Saudi Arabia.”
The one-way flight from Kathmandu to Riyadh will take six hours and 15 minutes but the Riyadh-Kathmandu flight will take only four hours and 50 minutes.
No comments:
Post a Comment