Kathmandu, July 1: The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation is preparing to make flights in different destinations by owning the wide body plane for the first time in its 60 years of history.
Established on July 1, 1958 with the 28 seater Douglas DC 3 Dakota Plane, the NAC has recently purchased a wide- body aircraft A 330-200. The Airbus A 330-200 named Annapurna landed at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on June 28. The second wide body will land at TIA after one and a half months.
General Manager of NAC Sugat Ratna Kansakar said that the wide body plane would serve Dubai and Doha in the first phase and Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia in the second phase.
Despite good progress during the 1990s, the NAC preformed very poor in the last two decades due to lack of prompt management and political interference. The 1990s is termed as the golden period in the history of the NAC, as it had two Boeings, three Pilatus Porters, three Avro planes and 10 Twin Otters during the time. During those days, the NAC used serve in the European cities as well including London, Paris and Frankfort.
Likewise, in the recent the market of the national flag carrier has sharply increased with its strong presence and services.
