Nepal, Oman revise ASA (Carriers of each country can now operate a maximum of 21 flights per week) KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Nepal and Oman have revised bilateral Air Service Agreement (ASA) allowing designated carriers of each country to operate a maximum of 21 flights a week. Tourism minister Suresh Man Shrestha and Anwar bin Abdullah al Raisi, acting director general of Oman´s Public Authority for Civil Aviation, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective countries. At present, designated carriers of each country are operating a maximum of seven flights per week. As per the agreement, they will be allowed to operate a maximum of 28 flights per week from 2016. Officials say the fresh revision in ASA will pave the way for new airlines from Oman to fly to Nepal. At present, only Oman Air -- the national flag carrier of the Sultanate of Oman -- has been linking the two countries. Officials of Oman Air say they will now operate at least two flights a day to Kathmandu from Muscat. According to Omani daily Times of Oman, the MoU amended the previous agreement signed in 1997 and has also added two articles on air safety, recognition of certificates, approvals amending the name of the civil aviation authority in the Sultanate of Oman and amending the route tables annexed to the agreement. “The MoU has also opened the horizons between the two countries to operate any number of air cargo flights without any restrictions. The two sides also agreed on the common codes that will allow the national carriers to sign common codes with national carriers in other countries to utilize the rights provided by this MoU, the daily reported. The cabinet had given the go-ahead to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) on Friday to review the ASA. Though Nepal and Oman signed ASA back in 1997, air service between the two countries began in 2010 only. Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, started flights on Muscat-Kathmandu route from September, 2010. Oman Air had been requesting the ministry for revision in ASA as the number of Nepali workers to Oman is increasing with each passing year. Source: Myrepublica
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 04:34:06 +0000
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