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Urgent: Nepal Airlines changes Doha and Narita flight schedule

The carrier has made amendments in its Kathmandu-Narita-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-Doha-Kathmandu flights schedules of 16 and 17 January.

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As the national flag carrier is now short of International fleet because of 2 aircraft among 4 being grounded, the regular flight conduction has become a hassle troubling a lot of passengers who have booked their ticket for traveling with Nepal Airlines.

Nepal Airlines changed Flight Schedule – Aviation in Nepal (official notice from NAC social media)

The carrier has made amendments in its Kathmandu-Narita-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-Doha-Kathmandu flights schedules of 16 and 17 January. The Kathmandu-Narita flight of 16 January 11:25 PM has been postponed till 08:05 AM 17th of January.

Similarly, the Narita-Kathmandu return flight has been postponed from 17 January 11:00 AM to same day 07:10 PM.

The Kathmandu-Doha flight of 16 January 11:00 PM has been postponed till 01:50 AM 18th of January.

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Similarly, the Doha-Kathmandu return flight has been postponed from 17 January 03:25 AM to 06:00 AM of 18 January.

Two of the four Airbus of Nepal Airlines Corporation have been grounded due to technical problems. This has affected the journey of hundreds of passengers. Ramesh Paudel, spokesperson of the corporation, informed that the flight of the corporation’s registration number 9N-ALZ, an Airbus A330 series widebody, had to be stopped due to a problem with the flight control sensor.

According to spokesperson Paudel, the repair work of the aircraft which was grounded last night is continuing. “There is an effort to make it airworthy today,” he said, “if that can be done, the scheduled flights will not be affected.” The corporation now has only one widebody and one narrowbody aircraft in an airworthy condition.

On the Doha flight, 276 passengers, who were preparing to fly from Kathmandu, had to be kept in hotels at night. Spokesperson Paudel said that they are ready to be flown today.

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