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Paragliding activities in Pokhara restricted to Mandredhunga to avoid accidents

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Issuing a notification, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal directed stakeholders to shut all paragliding activities in the 3 zones and carry out operations only from Mandredhunga from January 1. Pokhara international airport inaugurated PM inaugurates Pokhara Regional International Airport Issuing a notification, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal directed stakeholders to shut all paragliding activities in the three zones and carry out operations only from Mandredhunga from January 1. Pointing out the need for large airspace to appropriately manage and conduct visual flight guidelines, critical flights rules, landing, liftoffs, and a buffer zone in between 2 air paths in Pokhara, the authority has chosen to limit paragliding activities just to Mandredhunga, as handling activities in the areas air space for sky diving, ultra flights, and paragliding activities, alongside industrial flights would be challenging from the viewpoint of air traffic controller, a CAAN official told The Himalayan Times.As per the notice, the regulatory body has also limited paragliding activities to just four hours a day - from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

The authority will likewise study the effect of paragliding activities run from Mandredhunga for a month and will make essential modifications if such activities develop any sort of disruption in performing takeoff or landing at the airport.Meanwhile, the Nepal Airsports Association has been enabled to operate flights only by identifying slots and schedules to make sure air security and security.

Every paragliding flight within 10 nautical miles of the airport in the allowed zone will now need guests to be given a boarding pass.

The responsibility of regulating and keeping an eye on paragliding activities, offering boarding passes, and submitting the information of flights performed from the paragliding zone has actually been offered to the Nepal Air Sports OrganisationNAA President Sunil Bhattarai said paragliding operators invited CAAN choice to enable paragliding activities in Mandredhunga.

Operators feared a total stop of paragliding in Pokhara after the new worldwide airport became functional.

We are grateful for the CAANs consideration in enabling paragliding activities, despite the fact that it is just in one zone.

According to him, as Mandredhunga lacks proper infrastructure to right away resume paragliding activities for business purposes, the association is working towards creating an appropriate environment for paragliding operations from the location to guarantee air safety and security.

Although the decision has actually affected paragliding operators, we are more than pleased to compromise rather than need to totally shut our services, he said.A variation of this article appears in the print on January 4, 2023, of The Himalayan Times .

This article very first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com




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