Kathmandu, Jan. 1
Himalaya Airlines Airbus A320 9N-ALV
performed a successful demonstration flight at the Pokhara International
Airport (PIA) on Sunday.
For the Inauguration Ceremony of the PIA,
Himalaya's narrow body aircraft had took off from Tribhuvan International
Airport (TIA), Kathmandu at 1:11 PM and landed at PIA at 13:44 PM. With this it
has become the first airlines to have landed an Airbus A320-214 in Pokhara.
The aircraft 9N-ALV was welcomed with a water
cannon salute as an inaugural gesture. A
team Himalaya led by Vijay Shrestha, Vice-President, Administrations and
Captain Hao Di, VP, Operations was received by high ranking officials of PIA,
the company said in a statement. The aircraft returned to the TIA later in the
afternoon on Sunday.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 2 January 2023.
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