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Air Route CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 16th Year 2014 Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Head Office: Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 4262387, 4262326, 4262518, Fax: 977-1-4262516, AFTN: VNKTYAYX E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.caanepal.org.np CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL (CAAN) Publication Committee: Babarmahal, Kathmandu Coordinator: Mr. Debendra K.C., Members: Mr. Raj Bahadur Maharjan, Mr. Ram Chandra Subedi, Ms. Rohina Bhattarai, Mr. Kashinath Poudel, Mr. Niraj Maharjan CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 CAAN : Institutional Profiles Name: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Address: Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel. 4262387, 4262326, 4262518 Fax:977-1-4262516 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] URL: caanepal.org.np Type : Authority Date of Establishment: 31st December 1998 Legal Status: • Civil Aviation Act, 2015 (1959 AD) - Statutory Regulations • Civil Aviation Authority Act, 2053 (1996) - Establishment Main Functions: • Permitting Airlines Operation • Airworthiness Certification and Manpower Licensing/Rating • Regulating Air Transport, Air Navigation Services (ATM/CNS), and Aerodromes as per ICAO SARPs. • Constructing, operating and maintaining airports • Equipping and maintaining airports with necessary communication and navigational facilities • Operation of safe, efficent and expeditious flight . Affiliation/Institutional Linkages: Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Ministry of Information & Communication, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Defence, ICAO, COSCAP-SA, Airlines, NTB, International Funding Agencies, Travelling Public. Income Resources: Landing, Parking, Housing, Over-flying and Route Navigation Charges, Security Charges, Charter Charges, Flight Catering Charges, Passenger Service Charges, Concessionaries; Parking of Surface Transport, Fee from Visitors Deck, Hoarding and Displays, Fuel Refueling Charges, Rental from airlines and other Agencies, Penalty Charges, Royalty and Others Deposits, Cargo Complex and Manpower Training, Regulatory fees, Ground Handling Charges and ADF etc. CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 Aviation History in Brief CAAN Board of Directors Pursuant to CAAN Act-2053 1949 : The date heralded the formal beginning of aviation 1993: National Civil Aviation Policy Promulgated. in Nepal with the landing of a 4 seated lone powered Composition 1995: Domestic terminal Building of TIA and Apron vintage beach-craft Bonanza aircraft of Indian expanded at TIA. ambassador Mr. Sarjit Singh Mahathia at Gauchar. 1998: COSCAP-SA project established. 1950 : The first Charter flight By Himalayan Aviation Dakota From Goucher to Kolkata. 2002: Expansion of the International Terminal Building at TIA and the construction of a new air cargo complex. 1955: King Mahendra inaugurated Gauchar Airport and renamed it as Tribhuwan Airport. 2003: Rara airport (Mugu), Kangeldanda sirport (Solukhumbu) and Thamkharka airport (Khotand) 1957 : Grassy runway transformed into a concrete one. brought in Operation. 1957 : Department of civil Aviation Founded. 2004: Domestic operation by jet aircraft commenced. Mr. Deepak Chandra Amatya 1958: Royal Nepal Airlines started scheduled service Chairman 2005 : International Flight by two private operator began. domestically and externally. Hon'ble Minister, 2006: A new comprehensive Aviation Policy introduced. Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation 1959 : RNAC fully owned by HMG/N as a public undertaking. GMG Airlines of Bangladesh, Korean Air and Air Arabia 1960: Nepal Attained ICAO membership. started air service to Nepal. Member 1964: Tribhuvan Airport renamed as Tribhuvan International 2007: Identification of site location for a new second Airport. international airport. 1967: The 3750 feet long runway extended to 6600 feet. Etihad, Dragon Air , Orient Thai and Hong Kong Express commenced their service to Nepal. 1967: Landing of the German Airlines Lufthansa Boeing 707. 2009: Established of RCAG station at Nepalgunj to augment coverage of VHF communications in Air Traffic 1968: Thai International starts its scheduled jet air services. Control. 1972: Nepalese jet aircraft Boeing 727/100 makes debut 2010: An agreement of SDR 44388000 was signed between Mr. Suresh Acharya Mr. Surya Acharya Mr. Iswari Poudel Er. Phurba Tshering Sherpa landing at TIA. ATC services taken over by Nepalese Joint Secretary Director General Nominee Nominee Nepal Government and CAAN for capacity (From among the Aviation Expert) personnel from Indian Technicians. Representative of Ministry of Culture Custom Department (From among the Private Entrepreneurs Enhancement project of TIA under ADB loan. Tourism and Civil Aviation Representative of Ministry of Finance involved in Tourism industry) 1975: TIA runway extended to 10000 feet from the previous 2011: Tumlingtar and Simikot runways paved. 6600 feet. 2012 : RNP AR procedures of TIA effected from June. 1975: CATC established. AMHS commissioned in civil Aviation 1976 : FIC (Flight information Center) established. CAA received TRAINAIR PLUS Associate Membership 1977: Nepal imprinted in the World Aeronautical. from ICAO. 1989: Completion of international Terminal Building and 2013: Installation of CNS & ATM Equipments at TIA are first Concorde. Mr. Madan Kharel, MD, NAC under Progress to enhance ATC Capacity. Mr. Manoj Karki Nominee Nominee 1990: New International terminal Building Of TIA 2014: Installation of terminal Monopulse secondary (From among the Airlines including (From among the Airlines including inaugurated by king Birendra. Private Operators) Private Operators) surveillance Radar (T-MSSR) at TIA and enroute MSSR 1992 : Adoption of Liberal Aviation Policy and emergence at Bhattedada ongoing under Japanese Grant AID. of private sector in domestic air transport. Er. Ratish Chandra Lal Suman Member Secretary Director General, CAAN CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 CIVIL AVIATION REPORT 2014 Director General's Review maintenance organization, aerodromes, aviation professionals and travelling public. B. Security CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL: A CURRENT OVERVIEW Aviation security is one of the top priority areas for CAAN since the safety of aircraft and occupant is ensured with security at ground. CAAN has regularly participated in international security panels and forums so as to keep pace Background with the newer technology being adopted in the aviation security. CAAN officials have participated in the Asia Pacific Forum of Aviation Security and the resolution of the meeting will be implemented in our workplace with sole Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), established on 31st December 1998 pursuant objective of enhancing our aviation security standards. The global security challenges are common challenges for to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Act 1996- with objectives of providing safe, us as well and such exposure to global forums are useful since they provide opportunities for us to learn from reliable, regular and sustainable air transport in Nepal- has witnessed its sixteen experience sharing. years of existence amid several challenges and has evolved to its present state. As envisaged by the Act, the Authority has dual roles of service provider at one hand Senior level officers of Nepal Police have been trained at Nepal Police training center with the help of instructors regulator at next. At both fronts,CAAN has been confronted with several challenges from CAAN while junior level officers are trained at Civil Aviation Academy. CAAN is training the local security staffs and most of them have been surmounted despite limited technical and financial at various airports so as to ensure that the airports are staffed with adequately trained security personnel at local constraints. CAAN's taking several initiatives at both areas to enhance its capability Er. Ratish Chandra Lal Suman level. However, the frequent transfers of Nepal Police security personnel trained in the aviation security demands Director General, CAAN and performance to meet the set objectives. CAAN has envisaged four pillars viz. more such training at local airports. safety, security, capability and infrastructure for the overall achievement of its missions In order to strengthen the aviation security, National Aviation Security committee was recently convened to assess and vision. the perceived threat and necessary security measures were adopted. Similarly, the airport security committees were A. Safety activated to ensure the security at the local level. CAAN has developed the draft of Airport Emergency Plan for the effective and efficient handling of emergencies at airport with better coordination with various government agencies Aviation safety has been, is and will always remain the top priority since there is nothing more important than safety including CAAN and security bodies. The Aviation Security Quality Control Manual is also in the draft phase. It is of human life. As guided by the philosophy of International Aviation Organization (ICAO), safety is fundamental believed that the quality control manual will help in maintaining the quality control in the aviation security. principle for us and most of standards and recommended practices (SARPs) prescribed by ICAO have been implemented. We are familiar that compliance based and performance based indicators are popular yardsticks in the measurement In order to facilitate the ever growing traveling public to and from Tribhuvan International Airport