Kathmandu, April 30: After a hiatus of 12 years, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is all set to resume its flights to Japan. The national flag carrier will conduct direct flights to Osaka with its two Airbus A-330 wide-body aircraft.
It is planning to publish its flights’ schedule as Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has recently approved NAC to issue tickets for the flights, according to media reports.
Though the required documentation procedures were completed months ago, the flight resumption could not take place owing to delay in obtaining aircraft operating certificate (AOC) from Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau.
It is said that Nepal Airlines Corporation will operate three flights a week to Osaka from Kathmandu.
It will take around eight hours for the wide-body aircraft of the NAC to fly to Osaka directly from Kathmandu. Earlier, NAC used to have transit at Shanghai while flying to Japan. The one-way airfare for Kathmandu-Osaka flight is Rs 45,000 while the round-trip fare along the route will cost Rs 80,000, it is learned.
