Pathetic runway conditions and sub-standard maintenance arising solely out of poor engineering practices and clumsy management at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal have come back to haunt the country’s sole international airport once again and started taking a toll on the key stakeholders including airlines and passengers as several flights were affected due to repeated closure of the only runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in recent days.
According to a highly-placed source at TIA, the runway was closed twice at around 12:20pm to 1:15pm and 2:20pm to 2:30pm to carry out maintenance work after runway 02 developed a number of cracks yesterday. “Airport was closed for over an hour while over a dozen domestic and international flights were affected,” an official said.
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