How has been the experience of Etihad Airways in Nepal?
It has been good for us. The seat occupancy of Etihad Airlines is almost 89 percent in its flights overseas from Nepal and almost 60 percent in terms of incoming passengers. So, as a whole, our Nepal operation is on par or even better than the average gulf airlines worldwide. In terms of the maturity of the market and the passenger mix that we have, including the labour traffic, of course, with more than 90,000 Nepali nationals working in the UAE, we have been witnessing a mix of other passengers going to the UAE first and then to Europe. The most important aspect here is the showing up of other destinations in our connectivity radar. Like I mentioned, almost 89 percent of our aircraft seats are occupied when we take off from Kathmandu and 60 percent when we land in. We have been trying to equalies these passenger numbers on both ways. Our promotion activities at the moment are focused on connecting Kathmandu to Europe and vice versa. Most tourists come into Nepal from Western Europe a
