Efforts on to remove Nepal from ICAO blacklist: Minister Ale

November 22, Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has asserted that the government is effortful to remove Nepal Airlines Corporation from the blacklist of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Talking to journalists on Sunday, Minister Ale said Nepal was blacklisted by ICAO and efforts were underway to remove Nepal from ICAO’s blacklist in order to promote Nepal’s tourism.

Nepal has been in the blacklist of ICAO since 2013.

The Minister, on a different note, shared that the Nepal Airlines Corporation was preparing to launch more flights to major cities in India such as Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai.