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Nepal to start direct flights to Lhasa

KATHMANDU: An agreement has been reached between Nepal and China to start flights on the Kathmandu-Lhasa route in 2010, making Nepal the first country to operate flights to Lhasa.

Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Murari Bahadur Karky and Deputy Director-General of the Tibet Tourism Administration Wang Songping signed the agreement here at the Nepal Tourism Board on Monday.

While Nepal’s state-owned Nepal Airlines will start the direct flight to Lhasa, China Airlines will operate Canton-Lhasa-Kathmandu flights. Mr. Karky told The Hindu that the Nepal government had been requesting China for the last few years to start flights on the route. The Chinese side, he said, wanted Nepal to set up a liaison office of the Tibet Tourism Administration in Kathmandu. A trekking trail from Lomanthang of Nepal to Mansarowar of China is also being considered to promote tourism.

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