At the time of the ban on international flights by the Nepal Government during the second lockdown situation, NATTA requested the Government and every concerned organization to schedule the flights according to the collected details of stranded tourists of their respective destinations. NATTA requested to at least allow three international flights to each airline in a week to operate during the situation at a fair cost.
On May 18, 2021, NATTA issued a press release with a strong urge to arrange the scheduled flights than to emphasize the chartered flight as those flights had been controversial in the past, especially in the previous lockdown situation.
NATTA also had collected the details from Members of their clients who were stranded in Nepal due to the sudden lockdown situation. The collected data and request letter to open the scheduled flights was also send to the Secretary of Tourism.
Nepal Government had extended its ban on international flights from May 14 and the ban had been put in place by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to contain the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
