Nepal Airlines' Dubai-Kathmandu flight crew is all women

KATHMANDU, March 09: The government has welcomed the female pilots of the national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) for international flights.

Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Sudan Kirati welcomed the women flight crew at Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday.

The Minister of Tourism reached the airport and welcomed the women crew who took the Kathmandu-Dubai-Kathmandu flight to encourage and encourage them.

After welcoming the female pilot at the airport, Tourism Minister Kirati said that for the first time in the history of Nepal's aviation sector, a female pilot has created a new history by flying an international flight.

He mentioned that the international flight of women has given a positive message not only to tourism but also to the whole country. "Not only in tourism, this flight is the first time in the history of Nepal's aviation that women have flown the plane and today is the 130th World Women's Day. I welcomed and congratulated them (female flight crew) and went to the airport to raise their morale," Tourism Minister Kirati said. said

Minister Kirati mentioned that it has been proved that women can do something for the country and society through this flight.

For the first time in the aviation history of the corporation, a female pilot flew an international flight (Kathmandu to Dubai and back to Kathmandu). Ganesh Kumar Ghimire, Assistant Spokesperson of the Corporation informed that the team of pilot Bhavna Pant and co-pilot Srujana Raut flew Kathmandu-Dubai-Kathmandu.

Wednesday, the female crew of the Airbus 'A' 320 aircraft of the Corporation took flight from Dubai to Kathmandu. Two female pilots took off the company's Airbus 'A'-320 flight from Kathmandu to Dubai on March 4 at 11 pm.

Wednesday's Dubai-Kathmandu flight of the Corporation was flown by pilot Bhavna Pant and co-pilot Srijana Rawat. All the crew members of this flight were women. According to the corporation, all the flight attendants are women.

The corporation said that for the first time in its flight history, a female pilot flew an international flight. Wednesday, on the day of International Women's Day, the corporation made this coincidence. The corporation has six female pilots in both domestic and international flights.