Night flights at Pokhara Regional International Airport from today

Kathmandu, 23 Feb: The country’s third largest international airport, Pokhara Regional International Airport, will start night flights from today. Jagannath Niraula, spokesperson of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAN), said that earlier, flights were being operated at the airport only from 6 am to 4 pm.

He said, “With the implementation of the IFR system, now it is possible to operate the aircraft taking off and landing at Pokhara International Airport even when there is fog. Earlier, the airport itself was sometimes blocked due to fog and fog. From today, the night service will also start.” It is said that the airport will operate from 6 am to 12 pm from today, i.e. 18 hours a day. E Pradeep Adhikari, director general of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAN) informed that with the implementation of IFR system at Pokhara Regional International Airport, night flights are going to start from today. The airport was operational from 17th of January last year.

According to the Authority, since the Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) system has been installed at the airport to allow aircraft to take off and land with the help of instruments, night flights will be instructed to take off and land. Earlier, the old airport was operated on the basis of Visual Flight Rules (VFR) system.

In that system, the ATC and the pilot were flying and landing by eye. After Pokhara Regional International Airport will provide night service from today, it is said that Buddha Air, a private sector air service provider company, has prepared night flights. Buddha Air spokesperson Dipendra Karna informed that preparations are being made for Pokhara-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-Pokhara night flights. According to him, Buddha Air has prepared Pokhara-Kathmandu night flight from February 25th.