Posted by: kaji sahab December 5, 2013
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Nepal Airlines had its eyes set on flying to couple of European destinations like London, Frankfurt when they acquire two Airbus A320 in future. There goes their dream down the drain!
Except Nepal Airlines, no other airlines in Nepal have the capability to fly to Europe. I would not be surprised if other airlines like Etihad, Jet Airways or even Turkish come up with direct flight to places like London, Paris or Frankfurt from Kathmandu.
Not just direct flights, airlines can use Kathmandu as a transit point in a sector; like what some of the airlines have been doing. Emirates flies Dubai to Newzealand with stop in Australia. Dragon Air stops in Dhaka en-route to Kathmandu from Hongkong. Likewise, Qantas stops in Singapore en-route to London from Sydney.
There are possibilities for Kathmandu as a technical stop or a destination but Nepal Airlines simply fails to see it. In other words, they see it but are busy to fulfill their own private interests and pockets.
Bottom line is, this has definitely given a leg up to foreign airlines while Nepal Airlines has lost a potential lucrative opportunity to cash in and pay for their shiny new Airbus A320s.
Pashupatinath bless Nepal and Nepal Airlines!