Kiran Bhatta, Author at aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/author/kiran-bhatta/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:21:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Kiran Bhatta, Author at aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/author/kiran-bhatta/ 32 32 Air India’s Flexi Contract Explained: Why Pilots Are Uneasy About the New Work Model https://aviospace.org/air-indias-flexi-contract-explained-why-pilots-are-uneasy-about-the-new-work-model/ https://aviospace.org/air-indias-flexi-contract-explained-why-pilots-are-uneasy-about-the-new-work-model/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:47:08 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=10461 Air India (AI), the flag carrier of India, has announced a new “Flexi Contract for Pilots” work‑model that is set to be implemented in the first three months of the new year, reported Hindustan Times a few days ago. The new contract will allow eligible line‑pilots and line training captains to opt for shorter duty‑patterns […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/air-indias-flexi-contract-explained-why-pilots-are-uneasy-about-the-new-work-model/feed/ 0 Nepal Imports Aircraft Spare Parts Worth Nearly $30 Million in First Two Months of 2025/26 https://aviospace.org/nepal-imports-aircraft-spare-parts-worth-nearly-30-million-in-first-two-months-of-2025-26/ https://aviospace.org/nepal-imports-aircraft-spare-parts-worth-nearly-30-million-in-first-two-months-of-2025-26/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:53:09 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=10214 Nepal imported aircraft spare parts worth $28.74 million in the first two months of fiscal year 2025/26, a 357.7 percent increase from $6.13 million in the same period last year, according to NepseTrading. The rise is the highest among all major import categories tracked by Nepal Rastra Bank for the period. Nepal’s aviation sector is small […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/nepal-imports-aircraft-spare-parts-worth-nearly-30-million-in-first-two-months-of-2025-26/feed/ 0 Nepalese Carriers to Provide as Much as 80% Discounts on Airfares for Senior Citizens https://aviospace.org/nepal-airlines-offer-senior-citizen-discounts-upto-80-percent/ https://aviospace.org/nepal-airlines-offer-senior-citizen-discounts-upto-80-percent/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:56:02 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=10131 The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed all domestic carriers to introduce substantial airfare concessions for senior citizens, marking a discount structure of a minimum of 50% discount for all people who have either crossed the age of seventy or are suffering from disabilities. The decision was reached in a meeting at CAAN’s […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/nepal-airlines-offer-senior-citizen-discounts-upto-80-percent/feed/ 2 Top 5 Fighter Jets with the Longest Time in Active Service https://aviospace.org/top-5-fighter-jets-with-the-longest-time-in-active-service/ https://aviospace.org/top-5-fighter-jets-with-the-longest-time-in-active-service/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:01 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9768 Fighter aircraft have a special place in aviation history. During the world war, pilots and aviation personnel often decorated their aircraft with the most astonishing nose art. During the same war, which is described by Russia as “The Patriotic War”, military aircraft helped propel aviation forward with the introduction of much speedier planes. Almost all […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/top-5-fighter-jets-with-the-longest-time-in-active-service/feed/ 0 Nepal Pilots’ Summit 2025 to inaugurate the Pilot Association of Nepal (PAN) https://aviospace.org/nepal-pilots-summit-2025-pilot-association-of-nepal/ https://aviospace.org/nepal-pilots-summit-2025-pilot-association-of-nepal/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:28:22 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=8754 On April 19, 2025, the Pilot Association of Nepal (PAN) will host the inaugural Nepal Pilots’ Summit. The event is set to take place at The Malla Hotel, Lainchaur, Kathmandu, at 5:00 PM. Aviation professionals from across Nepal will be a part of an evening full of insightful discussion, and collective celebration of aviation in […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/nepal-pilots-summit-2025-pilot-association-of-nepal/feed/ 0 Lukla, Kathmandu, & Co: A brief guide to all the airports of Nepal https://aviospace.org/lukla-kathmandu-guide-airports-nepal/ https://aviospace.org/lukla-kathmandu-guide-airports-nepal/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:36:34 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=6970 The tales of the airports in Nepal are quite fascinating. It houses what, often wrongly, is dubbed to be the most dangerous airport in the world. It still houses remnants of an airport so dangerous that when a personnel from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal went for a test flight, he “staggered out of […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/lukla-kathmandu-guide-airports-nepal/feed/ 1 Not just Lukla and Kathmandu: A look at the main airports of Nepal https://aviospace.org/not-just-lukla-and-kathmandu-a-look-at-the-main-airports-of-nepal/ https://aviospace.org/not-just-lukla-and-kathmandu-a-look-at-the-main-airports-of-nepal/#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:00:32 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=5831 Tribhuvan International Airport – the aerial entrance to Nepal – was inaugurated by King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah in 1955 and was later named in honor of his beloved father, the late King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah. This airport, which was initially dubbed to a cow’s grazing field – “Gauchar”, sees international flights from carriers […]

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