Pokhara: Private airlines have decided to suspend the Pokhara-Jomsom flights for two months due to the declining number of passengers in the route during the rainy season. Tara Airlines’ Jomsom station in-charge Sujan Lalchhan stated that the company has decided to suspend its flights for two months starting from June 16. Tara Airlines has been regularly operating the flights on this routine.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Tara Airlines will resume flights from the first week of September. Sujan Lalchhan clarified that the suspension is due to the low number of passengers and adverse weather conditions.
Summit Airlines has also announced the suspension of flights on this route for two months starting from July 4. Suman Thakali, the station in-charge of Summit Airlines in Jomsom, mentioned that the decision to suspend the Pokhara-Jomsom flight was made due to the lower number of passengers.