CAAN 's prepared to implement new rules to make air flight safe

KATHMANDU, Feb 04: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is going to implement a new air flight system with the upcoming rainy season to make air flights safe.

The CAAN is going to implement a new air flight system after discussing with the experts and stakeholders of the aviation sector with the aim of making domestic air flight more safe, reliable, dignified and professional.

Gyanendra Bhul, Information Officer of the CAAN, said that they are going to implement a new arrangement related to air travel to make air travel more safe and reliable.

He said that according to the International Civil Aviation Organization's standards of the Chicago Conference, the rules will be modified in 3/3 or 6/6 months to make Nepal's airspace safe.

From 27th January to 31st January, the CAAN said that five rules have been prepared to be implemented through discussions with experts who have worked in the aviation sector for a long time. Information Officer Bhul said that the new rules were not going to be implemented due to the plane crash, but it was a regular procedure of the CAAN.

He said that according to the new regulations to be implemented by the CAAN, pilots are now going to be allowed to fly eight hours a day and land only eight times.

He said that currently there is a provision of ten hours of flight and 10 landings per day. He said that VFR flights are not allowed at airports where IFR flights are available.

He said that the plane should always be 500 feet above the ground level during short take-off landing (STOL) in hilly areas and at least 1000 feet above the ground level when flying in accessible areas.

CAAN Information officer Bhul said that in order to reduce the risk of fatigue of the crew members, the system of allowing more time to fly when there are more than two crew members in the flight is going to be cancelled.

He said that it is going to be arranged that all the trainer pilots of the airline company should go to the aircraft manufacturing company for a skill test.