Three international airlines are going to suspend their flights for some time due to the difficulty in landing at the Gautam Buddha International Airport located in Bhairahawa due to bad weather with heavy winds.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, Jazeera Airways flying from Kuwait, Fly Dubai flying from Dubai and Thai AirAsia flying from Bangkok have given written information that they cannot continue their flight due to the bad weather.
'The morning flights are being affected by the current cold weather in Terai along with the smoke coming from the cement factories and brick industries around the Bhairawa airport,' Gyanendra Bhul, co-spokesperson of the authority, said, 'International flights are being diverted to the Tribhuvan International Airport for the past few days as they have not been able to land at Bhairawa.  ; He has informed that it will not be possible to fly there until the weather improves immediately. According to him, the authority has not given permission to postpone the flight.
'Especially foreign airlines also do not want to suspend flights . Because the rhythm of the market deteriorates . So much investment and publicity has been done. But they are appealing to postpone the flight for some time. The authority has not decided. They have been requested to fly in the morning after noon or at night,'' said Bhul, co-spokesperson.
At present, visibility is around 1,000 to 1,200 meters in the morning in Bhairahawa. This visibility is not sufficient for small ATR to large jet aircraft landing . They require a minimum visibility of 1800 meters to land. The Authority is implementing the RNPAR Approach (Required Navigation Performance Authorization) system to land ships with the help of satellites at Bhairahawa from January 10. In this system, ships can land in a minimum visibility of 800 meters.
The authority has asked Jazeera Airways, Fly Dubai and Thai AirAsia to continue flights by rescheduling until the implementation of RNPAR. These airlines have not responded. Fly Dubai had 50 flights, Jazeera 22, Qatar 38, Nepal Airlines Corporation 24 and Thai Air Asia 10 flights in Bhairahawa during one month. According to the data till Wednesday, there were 4771 international passengers during this period. Qatar Airways, before these three airlines, has stopped flights after November 15 due to lack of passengers. It started flying at Bhairahawa from Kartik 27.
