AIR TRANSPORT IN NEPAL AND ITS

SAFETY ASPECTS

A
PRESENTATION
BY AKASH KHANAL

by Akash Khanal
(TEAM – 015-1202)

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 OUTLINES
1. AIR TRANSPORT
 Introduction
 International Airlines
 Passenger Status (Domestic and International)
2. SAFETY ASPECTS
 Accident Records
 Weakness of Airports in Nepal
Efforts to Ensure Aviation Safety

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3. FUTURE PLAN

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 AIR TRANSPORT

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 Introduction
• First Plane landed on 1949 at Gauchar, Kathmandu.
• The Gauchar was inaugurated and named as Tribhuwan Airport by
then King Mahendra in 1955.
• Royal Nepal Airlines started its domestic and international service
since1958.
• Nepal got ICAO membership in 1960.
• Nepal adopted a liberal sky policy in 1992.
• Nepal signed Bilateral Air Service Agreements and Memorandums of

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Understanding with 36 countries but until now only 14 countries have
direct flight to and from Nepal.

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….introduction
Airports Numbers

International Airport 01

Domestic Hub Airports 04

Other Domestic Airports 45

Airports under Construction 06

Total 56

Airports in Operation 32

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Airports not in operation 18

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 International airlines operating in Nepal
South Asian South East Asian
Druk Air Thai Airways
SpiceJet Malaysia Airlines
IndiGo Air Asia X
Air India Malindo Air (from February 6, 2015)
Jet Airways Silk Air
Biman Bangladesh
Bhutan Airlines (Tashi Air) Gulf
United Airways Air Arabia
Etihad Airways
China/Korea FlyDubai
Air China Oman Air
China Eastern Airlines
Qatar Airways
China Southern Airlines
Dragonair

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Sichuan Airlines
Airlines of Nepal operating
Korean Air
international flights:
Europe Buddha Air
Turkish Airlines Nepal Airlines
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 Domestic airlines operating in Nepal

Fixed Wing Operators Helicopter

Agni Air
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Operators
Buddha Air
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Air Dynasty
Guna Airlines
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Goma Air
 Fishtail Air
Nepal Airlines
 Mountain Helicopters
Sita Air
 Shree Airlines

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Tara Air
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Simrik Air
Yeti Airlines
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Domestic Passenger Status

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International Passenger Status

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SAFETY ASPECTS

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 Major Accident Records of Air Transport
Date Flight Name No. of deaths Location
31 July 1992 Thai Airways International Flight 311 113 Crashed on approach to TIA
28 September 1992 PIA Flight 268 167 Crashed on mountain on approach
to Kathmandu
8 October 2008 Yeti Airlines Flight 103 19(Flight Captain Crashed into terrain due to bad
Survived) weather
24 August 2010 Agni Air Flight 101 13 Crashed into mountain
15 December 2010 Okhaldhunga Twin Otter crash (Tara 22 Crashed into forest
Air)
14 May 2012 Agni Air Flight CHT 15 out of 21 are Crashed into rocky terrain
killed
25 September 2011 Buddha Air, Mountain Flight 19 Crashed in hills at Lalitpur
28 September 2012 Sita Air Flight 601 19 Struck a vulture in Kathmandu
16 May 2013 Nepal Airlines Flight 555 All 21 Overrun the way in Jomsom Airport
passengers
survived
16 February 2014 Nepal Airlines Flight 183 18 crashed into jungle

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24 February 2016 Tara Air Flight 193  23 slammed into the mountainside
near Dana village, Myagdi district

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Wreckage of Nepal Airlines Flight 555 Wreckage of Nepal Airlines Flight 183

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Wreckage of PIA Flight 268
A memorial park in Kakani for the victims
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 …..weakness of airports in Nepal
 Necessity of enduring airlines inspection and supervision
 Official Aeronautical Information System (AIS) not updated
 Lack of reliable statistics data
 Inadequate aeronautical authority structure
 General obsolescence of navigation and surveillance infrastructure
 Limited operation capacity

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EU banned Nepali Airlines to operate in Europe in December 2013 due to
lack of effective implementation of ICAO standards and recommended
practice.
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 Efforts to Ensure Aviation Safety
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is responsible to keep aviation
safety at an acceptable level.
In response on Significant Safety Concern, CAAN prepared and submitted
the roadmap acceptable to ICAO for the alleviation of SSC. This roadmap
has been updated and ICAO has been informed on all progresses made.
CAAN has prepared comprehensive corrective action plan in each
unsatisfactory protocol question and has established necessary procedures
and implemented the established procedures.

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 ….Efforts to ensure aviation safety
 Civil Aviation Regulation, 2002 was amended to address the deficiencies of
primary aviation legislation.
 Nepal has issued Accident Investigation Regulations 2071 BS to keep pace
with latest amendments in Annex 13.
 Relevant Civil Aviation Requirements like CARs, Personnel Licensing
Requirements, Flight Operations Requirements, and Nepalese Civil
Airworthiness Requirements were amended to align with latest ICAO SARPs.
 Experienced and qualified flight operations experts were hired and trained.
 Basic inspector course was conducted for 32 inspectors including flight
operations, aerodrome, ANS, CNS and airworthiness inspectors.

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 The new coming air operators were certified in accordance with the new
AOC certification manual fully complying ICAO provisions .

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 ..... Efforts to ensure aviation safety
Human resource policy and training program for 2014-2018 have been
developed for the regulatory staffs and required budget has been
allocated.
The existing air operators were also re-recertified in accordance with the
new certification procedure.
Comprehensive surveillance program was developed and approved by
Director General for oversight of approved organizations.
Aviation Enforcement Manual was amended and enforcement actions
were taken in accordance with the provisions of manual.

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 Safety Oversight Facilitated Integrated Application (SOFIA) is under
implementation stage with support from EASA.

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 FUTURE PLAN
 Construction of International Airport at Nijgarh, Bara.
 Upgrading of TIA ongoing through ‘Air Transport Capacity Enhancement
Project’.
 Construction of Regional Airport at Pokhara will be completed by 2020.
 Upgrading of Gautam Buddha Airport, Bhairahawa will be completed by
2018.
 Plan for development of at least one helipad in each VDCs and
Municipalities.

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 Development of one International Airport in each Federal States.
 Remove the Nepali Air Carriers from blacklist from EU with installation of
appropriate safety measures.
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 THANK YOU

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