Kathmandu, 29 November: The European Union has continued to maintain Nepal’s aviation sector in its air safety list.
Issuing a joint press statement, the EU Delegation to Nepal and Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has stated, “The EU Air Safety Committee (‘ASC’) met from 10 to 11 November 2022 in Brussels in order to update the list of air carriers on which the European Commission has imposed an operating ban under Regulation (EC) No 2111/2005.”
“On 23 November, the European Commission formally adopted the Regulation, establishing the latest version of the ‘EU Air Safety List’, a list of air carriers, which are subject to an operating ban within the European Union.The situation in Nepal, as well as the situation of the air carriers certified in Nepal, was examined during this meeting,” press statement signed by EU Ambassador to Nepal Nona Deprez and Director General of CAAN Pradeep Adhikari adds.
The statement reads, “Although Nepal for the time being remains on the Air Safety List, the ASC was briefed about the progress made by Nepal, in terms of Air Safety. In particular, the adoption of a new Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (‘CAAN’) Regulation on the functional separation of CAAN’s regulatory and service provider roles has been assessed. Now, the implementation of this new regulation, as well as progress in aligning CAAN’s safety oversight capacity with the relevant international safety standards, must be verified through an EU on-site assessment visit to Nepal.”
People’s News Monitoring Service
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