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Before COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal's air traffic had experienced a notable growth rate of 9.2%, surpassing the average 7% growth in the Asia-Pacific region. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) reports a twofold increase in the number of passengers at TIA from 2009 to 2018, with a current capacity of approximately nine million passengers ...
Time zones of South Asia, with Nepal Standard Time indicated. Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal. [1] With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of UTC+05:45 all over Nepal, [2] [3] it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC. [n 1] [4]
The airport is Nepal's third international airport and officially began operations on 1 January 2023, [3] with STOL-operations to Jomsom still being operated from the old airport. [5] The airport is expected to handle up to one million passengers per year, [ 6 ] but as of 2024 [update] there have not been any regular international flights.
At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...
On 27 May 2017, Summit Air Flight 409, performing a freight flight on a Let L-410 from Kathmandu to Lukla (Nepal) with three crew, was on final approach to Lukla's runway 06 at about 14:04L (08:19Z) with poor visibility when the aircraft lost altitude and touched a tree short of the runway before contacting ground about 3 metres/10 feet below ...
Nepal Airlines operates a large hangar between the international and domestic terminals. There are plans to upgrade and move this facility to the eastern side of the airside. [ 35 ] Buddha Air operates a closed door hangar facility, which can accommodate narrow-body aircraft at the eastern side of the airport.
Since 1992 speed zones can be set by the Department of Transport Management under section 115 of the Vehicle & Transportation Act. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The speed limit in the nation's capital, Kathmandu, is set to 50km/h.
Karnali Highway or NH58 (previously: H13) (Nepali: कर्णाली राजमार्ग, also referred to as H13) is a highway, and is a vital transport link between two regions in Nepal. The then prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala had laid the foundation for the highway in 1992, but the passage was opened only in 2007.