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Government preparing to hand over national and international airports to private sector

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Kathmandu – The government has registered a bill in the parliament on air services and civil aviation authorities to differentiate between the two functions of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, which has been performing both regulatory and service provider functions.

Now, the construction, operation and management of airports will be done through the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, and this body will be responsible for the construction, upgrading, operation and management of airports.

According to this bill, the authority has opened the way for the private sector to be able to hand over the responsibility of operation and management of airports under its jurisdiction to any government or non-government agency or through a competitive process, with the approval of the Government of Nepal.

The authority will be able to give necessary instructions to all government or non-government organizations, individuals or stakeholders working at the airport, keeping in mind passenger service, safety and facilities, and airport security.

Bills on Air Services and Civil Aviation Authority Registered in Parliament

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Kathmandu – Separate bills on Air Services and Civil Aviation Authority have been registered in Parliament.

The Federal Parliament Secretariat has filed a Bill-2081 to amend the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Act and a Bill-2081 to establish and manage the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey has said.

The Bill has been brought to differentiate the two functions of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, which is performing both regulatory and service provider functions.

Pokhara International Airport is not under BRI: Yogesh Bhattarai

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Kathmandu – CPN-UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai has said that Pokhara International Airport is not under the BRI project.

Bhattarai, who is also the former Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Speaking at the Aviation Meet-2024 organized by the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority on Friday, he said it is wrong to explain that Pokhara International Airport is under the BRI project.

Birendra B Basnet

Buddha Air Executive Chairman Birendra Bahadur Basnet had said that India had not granted flight permission to Pokhara International Airport because it was a project under the BRI project agreed upon with China, and that India could grant flight permission if the government said that Pokhara International Airport was not under the BRI.

‘Pokhara International Airport is not a BRI project. When the BRI framework was signed during the Prime Minister’s visit to China, everyone knows which projects were undertaken,’ he said, ‘. The 10 projects mentioned in the agreement are under the BRI project. There are projects for railways, roads, education and transmission lines.’ He also mentioned that there is no need to discuss with India when talking about the BRI.

Cabinet approves bill to split Civil Aviation Authority in Parliament

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Kathmandu- The Cabinet meeting has approved the submission of two bills to the Federal Parliament to divide the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal into a regulator and a service provider.

According to Minister for Information and Communication Technology and Government Spokesperson Prithvi Subba Gurung, the decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting held on 20 December. With this, approval has been received to submit the bill to establish and manage the Nepal Air Services Authority in the Federal Parliament.

Similarly, approval has been received to submit the Bill 2081 to amend and unify the laws related to Nepal Civil Aviation in the Federal Parliament.

There has been a long-standing debate on making the Authority into two separate organizations, one as a regulator and one as a service provider. International regulatory bodies have also expressed interest in this regard. However, the government has not been able to work as announced as the Authority leadership and most employees opposed to it.