Kathmandu : Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey has said that process to purchase aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) have been advanced with priority.
Responding to the concerns raised by the National Assembly (NA) members in today’s NA meeting, Minister Pandey shared that management reforms of the NAC are forwarded with top priority for the transformation of the NAC while making it competitive and professional organization.
He said that required steps have been advanced in a transparent and open process to add more aircrafts for domestic and international flights on the basis of international leasing and provinces’ partnership.
Likewise, Minister Pandey said that the number of international flights to Gautam Buddha International Airport have gradually increased while the number of domestic flights there have sharply increased.
Similarly, Minister Pandey shared the government plan to upgrade different airports and finalize the construction and operation modality of the proposed Nijgadh International Airport.
