Phalebas, Parbat, March 19
A Tara Airlines plane has landed at Balewa Airport in Baglung for the first time in 16 years.
The private airline conducted its test flight from Pokhara using a Twin Otter (9NKL). Tara is preparing to operate regular flights from Pokhara to Balewa from coming March 23. The company said today’s test flight was successful.
Pilot Santosh Shah, co-pilot Prabhat Ghimire, and flight attendant Sirjana Humagain landed at the Balewa Airport, which was closed in 2002 after it was deemed unviable for commercial operations.
Tara Air agreed to fly to Balewa after Baglung Municipality agreed to bear the loss if the airline company failed to find passengers for regular flights.
