KATHMANDU –\u00a0 Tara Air has suspended its regular flights from Surkhet to Mugu, Humla and Jumla. The private airlines operator said it had to suspend flights to the three mountainous districts of Karnali due to losses incurred in every flight.<\/p>\n
The Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forests and Environment of Karnali province government, Suresh Adhikari, had inaugurated the flights on December 4, 2024. The Himali Travels and Tours had been managing the flights to the three districts through Tara Air.<\/p>\n
The travel and tour company said it has not got support from the Karnali Province Government and had been incurring losses in every flight to these districts.<\/p>\n
Min Bahadur Rawal of Himali Travels and Tours said that although the work has been started as per the agreement to operate regular flights twice a week in three districts, the air service had to be closed due to lack of necessary support.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, private airline Yeti has completed its Surkhet-Kathmandu test flight on Saturday. The Yeti Airlines said a test flight was also conducted to Dhangadhi on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Yeti Airline’s 9N-AMN ATR-72 aircraft successfully conducted the test flight, airline spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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