Kathmandu, Dec 7 : Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha claimed that the Nepali sky was safe for flights operation.
At a programme
organized in the capital on Wednesday on the occasion of International Civil
Aviation Day, Minister Shrestha asserted there was no situation for the
international agency to raise questions on the issue of aviation safety.
"The Civil
Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is working to further improve aviation
security affairs", Minister Shrestha shared, adding that the Authority was
working responsibly to this effect.
He further
shared that Nepal's aviation had come closer to get removed from the
'blacklist' of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Saying that the
government has made its policy on aviation security affairs clear, Minister
Shrestha expressed his confidence that ICAO would soon free Nepal from its
blacklist acknowledging country's performance on both policy and actions on
aviation safety.
He however
admitted that the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) leadership had not been able
to develop its institutional capacity.
He further
commented Nepali people were deprived of receiving better aviation services
owing to incompetent leadership of the NAC. (RSS)