Sri Lanka and Nepal are set to resume direct air links with Colombo-based Mihin Lanka airline launching flights between Colombo and Kathmandu from March next year.
Nepal’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry spokesman Mohan Krishna Sharma said Sri Lanka’s state-owned Mihin Lanka has applied for operating authorization to conduct daily flights between the country’s two capital cities.
“We have received a diplomatic note from the Sri Lankan government seeking authorisation and are waiting for the carrier’s complete documents,” he said.
Nepal and Sri Lanka had been discussing flight connectivity since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war with the two countries signing an Air Service Agreement in January 2009.
More than 70,000 Sri Lankans visit Nepal every year with the majority visiting Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini.
bernama.com
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