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Flights to be affected on Thursday, Sunday
Air traffic movement is expected to be significantly affected on Thursday and Sunday due to the arrival and departure of VVIPs during the Asia Pacific Summit to be held in Kathmandu on Friday. The VVIPs will return on Sunday.Air traffic movement is expected to be significantly affected on Thursday and Sunday due to the arrival and departure of VVIPs during the Asia Pacific Summit to be held in Kathmandu on Friday. The VVIPs will return on Sunday.
Pratap Babu Tiwari, spokesperson of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), said that they have issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM)—a notice to alert aircraft pilots and airlines operators, that flight movement would be affected from 10:40 am to 11:15 am and 12:10pm to 12:45pm on Thursday.
Similarly, flights will be affected from 8:30am to 9:05am and 10:30am to 11:05am on Sunday. The September-November period is the peak tourist season. According to TIA, as many as 400 domestic flights and 100 international flights take place daily during this period. Of the total flights, 75 percent are domestic.