Kathmandu,
July 22: Tara Air has added a new Viking DHC6-400 Twin Otter aircraft to its
fleet.
The
Viking 400 landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport Friday after its ferry
flight from Seychelles arrived to Nepal via the Maldives and India.
Prabhakar
Ghimire and Pawan Sing Nagarkoti, and Technical Assistant Jagat Lama were on
board, along with Bidhan Shrestha, Airworthiness Inspector of the Civil
Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
The
Viking 400s are the latest series of Twin Otters that can operate out of the
most challenging airports in the world such as Lukla, Dolpo or Rara with ease,
said the Tara Air.
The Tara
Air has received the delivery of the aircraft with MSN 846 from Air Seychelles.
After detailed inspections and a test flight, it received the CAAN certificate
of airworthiness and Nepali Registration number, or call sign, 9N-Alo.
“This
latest addition to our fleet of STOL aircraft will enable us to provide service
in the remote airports of the mountainous regions, where road travel is either
very arduous or impossible. It will also facilitate Nepal’s target of 2 million
tourists in the year 2020,” said the company.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 23 July 2018.
No comments:
Post a Comment