Test Flights at Gautam Buddha Airport from April 14

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Test Flights at Gautam Buddha Airport from April 14

March 1: Gautam Buddha International Airport is preparing for test flights after successfully conducting calibration flights. The airport is preparing to conduct test flights on April 14. The airport officials have already received a preliminary report of the 10-day calibration flights by Thailand’s Aero Thai.

The airlines briefed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and the heads of Gautam Buddha Airport Project about the calibration flight on Monday, February 28. General Manager of the airport Govinda Prasad Dahal informed that Aero Thai will submit the final report within a week after submitting the preliminary report.

Dahal said the airport would have customs and immigration offices as well as a structure for ground handling and cargo management as soon as Aero Thai submits its final report. He also informed that after Aero Thai submits the final report, the project will start homework for necessary preparations for test flights and commercial flights. Aero Thai had conducted calibration flights at the airport from February 18 to 28.

According to Dahal, they have started preparations for test flights and commercial flights after the preliminary report of the calibration flights gave the green signal. Therefore, the project has scheduled test flights as there were no problems during the calibration flights.

Dahal further said that commercial flights will be conducted from May 16 after the test flights. As soon as the test flight is successful, CAAN will invite international airlines to apply for international flights.

It took almost seven years for the completion of the Gautam Buddha International Airport. An additional 500 bighas of land was acquired to upgrade the airport to the international standard.

 

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