KATHMANDU, MAR 23, 2012
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has decided to construct new airports and upgrade some of the existing airports based on a public private partnership (PPP) model in the coming days.
Director general of CAAN Triratna Manandhar said that the maintenance of old airports and construction of new ones will be started under this concept. Manandhar shared that such a concept had been forwarded because the private sector had not felt any ownership of the airports and problems were also seen in the management of such airports.
He said CAAN was thinking about this partnership because private airline companies were reluctant to fly to airports in remote districts but were charging exorbitant fares and focusing on business instead of service.
CAAN has plans to make private airline companies –– that primarily focus on profit-making by running services only to relatively busy airports and not by providing service in remote districts –– disciplined and systematic.
Manandhar said this model will be implemented as an experiment to resume services to airports that have been closed down.
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is considering on operating the Mahendranagar Airport, Tikapur Airport of Kailali, Gokuleshwor Airport of Baitadi and Kamal Bazaar Airport of Achham. Similarly, it has forwarded tasks to construct an airport in Dharan of Sunsari.
CAAN is thinking on whether this model could be applied to operate the Balewa Airport of Baglung. It is planning to construct a new airport in northern Gorkha.
Source: THT
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has decided to construct new airports and upgrade some of the existing airports based on a public private partnership (PPP) model in the coming days.
Director general of CAAN Triratna Manandhar said that the maintenance of old airports and construction of new ones will be started under this concept. Manandhar shared that such a concept had been forwarded because the private sector had not felt any ownership of the airports and problems were also seen in the management of such airports.
He said CAAN was thinking about this partnership because private airline companies were reluctant to fly to airports in remote districts but were charging exorbitant fares and focusing on business instead of service.
CAAN has plans to make private airline companies –– that primarily focus on profit-making by running services only to relatively busy airports and not by providing service in remote districts –– disciplined and systematic.
Manandhar said this model will be implemented as an experiment to resume services to airports that have been closed down.
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is considering on operating the Mahendranagar Airport, Tikapur Airport of Kailali, Gokuleshwor Airport of Baitadi and Kamal Bazaar Airport of Achham. Similarly, it has forwarded tasks to construct an airport in Dharan of Sunsari.
CAAN is thinking on whether this model could be applied to operate the Balewa Airport of Baglung. It is planning to construct a new airport in northern Gorkha.
Source: THT
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