{"id":19149,"date":"2022-03-21T14:52:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T09:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=19149"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T09:22:57","slug":"nepal-aviation-take-an-action-against-seven-airlines-in-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/nepal-aviation-take-an-action-against-seven-airlines-in-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal aviation take an action against seven airlines in arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Operators of the now-defunct airlines will be banned from the Nepalese aviation industry if the Rs 91.7 million debt is not repaid by next Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority<\/a> (CAAN) has declared it will take action against seven airlines in arrears over unpaid taxes. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former operators of Necon Air, Shivani Air, Gorkha Air, Mountain Air, Cosmic Air, Skyline Airways, and Air Kasthamandap face being blocked from the Nepalese aviation industry if no payments are made by next Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is owed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CAAN has issued three public information through 2020 and 2021 urging the operators to pay off their debts, though all attempts at correspondence have been dismissed. The arrears now stand at Rs 91.7 million ($750,000).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clause 27 of the Civil Aviation Authority Act<\/a> 1996 states that CAAN has the authority to rescue unpaid debts. Rule 30 (3) of the Airport Service Fee Rules 2010 provides them the power to block the organizations and individuals that have not paid their airline fees. CAAN can recoup the debt through the confiscation of other owned businesses and properties, also preventing them from any future aviation-related operations within Nepal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAAN has said that Necon Air operators Deep Mani Rajbhandari, Mukundabhakta Shrestha, Deepak Raj Koirala, Rabindra Shrestha, Mrigendra Joshi, and Ravi Chandra Man Joshi have yet to pay the airline\u2019s outstanding debt of $390,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shivani Air operator Manindra Lal Ranjitkar is now $ 45,000 in arrears, while Gorkha Air operators Prajwal Shrestha, Dr. Ujjwal Shrestha, Ginny Baba Shrestha, and Surya Prasad Shrestha owe Rs $16,000. Mountain Air, Skyline Airways, and Air Kasthamdap all hold debts of under $8,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

All seven airlines are now defunct<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Necon Air ceased operations in 2003 due to debts owed to banks, oil companies, and CAAN. Shivani Air was a fixed-wing flight school based out of Chitwan, Bharatpur. No details on when it stopped operations are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gorkha Air was a short-scheduled airline, working two Dornier 228s until it ceased operations in 2008. Despite permission from the CAAN to restart flights back in 2017, nothing appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mountain Air operated shortly between 2000 and 2002 before operations were revoked after the airline defaulted on its aircraft lease with Raytheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n