Government of Nepal has recently announced that the repatriation flights will be operated from August 17 to rescue stranded Nepalese who are still stuck in different parts of the world. Around 45 thousand stranded Nepalese were rescued by operating repatriation flights during this pandemic and still about the same number of Nepalese who are stuck has urged government of Nepal to bring them back to their country. Himalayan Airlines and Nepal airlines , the two International carriers of Nepal who brought back thousands of stranded Nepalese are back on to the same mission again.
Nepal airlines will operate the flights from August 17 to 31 while Himalayan Airlines has operated the flights from August 16 and will continue till August 30 to bring back stranded Nepalese to their homeland. They have already published their flight schedules, you can check them in their official websites.
Government intends on bringing 500 Nepalese back to Nepal daily where government will cover the expenses of the 200 of them while the remaining 300 will have to pay for themselves. The Nepalese who will be rescued by these repatriation flights will be brought back as per the recommendation made by Nepal Embassy from the respective countries.
The rapid increase in the covid-19 cases has triggered the alarm again in Nepal. No commercial flights, no public transportation, only the essential goods will be easily available and several cities back under lockdown again. The tourism of the nation seems to get worse day by day. Different associations of the tourism industry of Nepal has urged the government to resume tourism back in the nation. Tourism industry which was set to be resumed from mid July has again been suspended and the industry has urged the government for the resumption of tourism in Nepal from September 1 by following all the safety and health protocols.
Source: TourismMail
The spread of the virus is still uncontrollable in Nepal. Hundreds of new cases are reported everyday. The streets are getting empty day by day. However, if chartered flights can fly then there definitely arises the question, 'Why not commercial flights?’ because the process is same. If only government can provide proper quarantine service and proper examination of anyone who enters to Nepal then there might be a very less chance to meet with any problems. Many countries around the world have started to resume air travel. Well, tourism can take place only if air travel resumes in Nepal at first. Since the border area has been sealed air travel is the only way to generate tourist.
While the government announces the operation of rescue flights, the tourism and airline industry of Nepal still waits for the government to resume international flights and tourism in the nation.
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