Passengers stranded at TIA have started to fly towards Gulf countries

Kathmandu, June 24: Passengers, who were stranded at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) since Monday night with the cancellation of flights to the Gulf countries, have begun to fly to their destinations as flights are now operating.

Passengers were stranded at the airport after the Nepal Airlines plane scheduled to fly to Doha, Qatar, on Monday at 11:30pm, was canceled due to the developing situation in Qatar. Similarly, many passengers were stranded when the Qatar flight of the Himalaya Airlines was also canceled. 

Flights were canceled in Gulf countries after Iran launched missile attack on Qatar.

The TIA Office has reported that passengers of the flights that were canceled last night have started heading to their destinations today since Qatar's airspace has been opened now. The flights that were stopped last night were scheduled for 12 noon today.

According to Jagannath Niroula, the general manager of TIA, the flights to Qatar operated by Nepal Airlines and Himalaya Airlines were canceled last night. As a result, hundreds of passengers heading to the destination were stranded at the airport.

The flight from Qatar to Kathmandu has also been canceled today. The flight that was supposed to arrive in Kathmandu at 8.00am has been reported as canceled by Qatar.

General Manager Niraula expressed confidence that regular flights will now start as Qatar has already opened its skies.

Subas Dangi, the spokesperson of Nepal Airlines Corporation, said there were 269 passengers on the Corporation's flight to Doha on Monday. The entire process at the airport has been completed to send them to their destination today.

It is reported that regular flights to Gulf countries will be delayed due to the situation in Qatar.

The flights were canceled at the last hour after receiving information about an attack, while preparations were being made to board passengers on the plane on Monday night. Most of the stranded passengers comprised those going for foreign employment. 

Thirty airlines, including three from Nepal, have been operating international flights from TIA. (RSS)