Kathmandu's sky has been hazy for a few days. Visibility has decreased so much that it feels like day and night. Due to cloudy skies, 226 two-way domestic flights of 7 domestic airlines have been canceled in the last one week alone. According to the Tribhavan International Airport office, there have been repeated cases of flight cancellations from Chait 17th to 23rd.

Air companies are the most affected by the cancellation of flights during the main tourist season. Because at this time, the operators used to extort at least twice as much rupees from the foreign passengers as the Nepalese paid through the ``dollar-fare''. According to airline operators, due to the continuous cancellation of flights, the Himalayan and hilly districts of the tourist destinations are losing income equal to 9 lakh rupees and the Terai airport is losing income equal to 11 lakh rupees.

Due to the polluted storm, earlier flights were canceled only in the hilly and mountainous areas. But this time the flights are being canceled in the airports that are easily accessible. In normal conditions, the distance that the pilot can see from inside the ship (visibility) is 5000 meters even if he does not rely on the equipment.

One-Due to the pollution with smoke, dust, smoke, most of the pilots are not able to make VFR flights with the help of eyes at Tribhuvan International Airport. If the visibility is less than 5,000 meters, the flight will not stop . As the view around the airport was not clear, the pilots could not fly with their eyes and had to fly using the IFR system with the help of the aircraft and the navigation devices on the surface of the aircraft, said Kathmandu Airport spokesperson Rinji Sherpa.

Depending on the type and speed of the ships, the visibility of at least 1600 meters from the cockpit is required to land the ship with the help of equipment. But three days ago, the visibility of Kathmandu airport dropped to 1200 meters. Due to this, three mountain flights carrying tourists could not land at Kathmandu airport. According to spokesperson Sherpa, the aircraft landed in Bhairahawa and Pokhara. After the weather improved, he returned to Kathmandu.

"In the previous years, flights were not canceled due to air pollution mixed with pollution, but this time due to pollution, flights were continuously affected," said Manoj Karki, President of the Airline Operators Association to Kantipur, "airlines have never experienced such a week-long effect before." Even though it was raining, it was raining . But this time the airline companies were directly killed.'