Kathmandu: Two bills aimed at dividing the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to establish two entities were presented in a meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, tabled the ‘Nepal Air Services Authority Bill-2081 BS’ and the ‘Nepal Civil Aviation Authority Bill-2081 BS’ in the lower house session. The bills had been under discussion for an extended period but faced delays due to various reasons.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the government recognized the need to disintegrate the CAAN and establish the Air Services Authority separately to address issues in Nepal’s aviation sector. This move is also part of efforts to remove Nepal from the European Union’s aviation blacklist.