March 8: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), the national flag carrier of Nepal, has received permission to operate flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah of Saudi Arabia.    
According to NAC's Executive Chairman Yubraj Adhikari, the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia has provided approval to make two-way flights to three cities of Saudi Arabia including Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.    
Executive Chairman Adhikari and other officials had recently visited Saudi Arabia for the approval of flights.    
The NAC said it plans to operate three flights a week from Kathmandu to Riyadh from next month in the first phase.    
The Saudi Arabian government had given approval to the NAC for operating flights in 2002 and 2020 as well but it did not happen then due to lack of aircraft and poor management. -- RSS