November 3, 2023 12:57 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 3: In the aftermath of the fight between two pilots at Ramechhap's Manthali Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended the licenses of the involved Tara Airlines pilots, Captain Santosh Shah and Captain Sanjeev Shrestha.
November 3, 2023 11:45 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 3: A fight erupted between two Tara Air pilots at Ramechhap Airport, raising concerns within the aviation community. The fight occurred at 8 AM on Friday when a TwinOtter aircraft operated by Tara Air landed at Ramechhap Airport from Lukla. The two pilots involved in the dispute were senior captain Santosh Shah and another captain from the same company, Sanjeev Shrestha.
January 2, 2020 16:45 pm
ISTANBUL, Jan 2: Turkish police detained seven people including four pilots on Thursday in an investigation of how ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn touched down in Istanbul as he fled Japan en route to Lebanon, according to broadcaster NTV.
August 14, 2019 17:45 pm
HONG KONG/BEIJING, August 14: Cathay Pacific Airways has terminated the employment of two pilots, the company said on Wednesday, after it suspended them in the past week over their involvement in protests in Hong Kong.
July 11, 2018 03:43 am
KATHMANDU, July 11: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has decided to recruit 28 foreign pilots, citing shortage of pilots to fly its aircraft.
February 14, 2018 02:31 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Though NAC now has four Harbin Y 12-e aircraft in its fleet, the national flag carrier has only one pilot two command the aircraft.
December 22, 2017 05:45 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Anecdote 1- Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) fired Captain Ramesh Upadhyaya after he was found carrying a few wrist watches while landing at Tribhuvan International Airport four decades ago. He was accused of smuggling the watches.
November 22, 2016 20:00 pm
Lufthansa said it was canceling more than a third of its flights on Wednesday due to a 24-hour strike by its pilots, the latest disruption to its operations to be caused by a long-running pay dispute.
September 8, 2016 16:15 pm
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane which took off from Sydney ended up in Melbourne instead after the pilot entered the aircraft's wrong longitudinal position, safety officials revealed Wednesday.
July 13, 2016 02:40 am
POKHARA, July 13: Blue Sky Paragliding Ltd, one of the oldest paragliding operators in Pokhara, has four pilots. But the company is not allowed to operate more than four flights a day because of a new provision enforced by Nepal Air Sports Association (NAA).