CAAN - BASA

BASA

Bilateral Air Services Agreement

Nepal has signed Bilateral Air Services Agreements and MoU with 42 different countries since 1963. Nepal adopted a liberal sky policy in 1992 since then it is gradually pursuing an open sky policy in accordance to the civil aviation policy 2006. Basic provisions of Bilateral Air Services Agreements between Nepal & various countries have been tabulated as follows:

S. No.	Country	ASA/MoU Date of Signing	Designation	Destination	Weekly seats	Yearly seats
1	Australia	30 September 2019	Multiple	Points in Australia	To be decided by aeronautical authorities	To be decided by aeronautical authorities
2	Austria	6 August 1997	Multiple	Any 2 points in Austria	1400	72800
3	Bahrain	26 Nov. 1997	Multiple	Bahrain	5600	291200
4	Bangladesh	2 April 1976	Multiple	Dhaka	7000	364000
5	Bhutan	25 December 1988	Multiple	Paro	4200	218400
6	Brunei	10 July 1986	Multiple	Bandar Seri Begwan	1400	72800
7	Cambodia	29 November 2018	Multiple	Points in Cambodia	2800	145600
8	China	24 Jan 1987	Multiple	Beijing Shanghai, Lhasa, Guangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu and Xi’an	11200	582400
9	Croatia	30 Mar 2004	Multiple		1400	72800
10	Egypt	30 August 1995	Multiple	Cairo	600	31200
11	France	7 July 1998	Multiple	Paris and another point	200	10400
12	Germany	19 March 1987	Multiple	2 points in Germany	1800	93600
13	Hong Kong HKSAR	19 August 1982	Multiple	HKSAR	2800	145600
14	India	26 November 1964	Multiple	Delhi	30000	1560000***
14	India	26 November 1964	Multiple	Mumbai	30000	1560000***

				Bangalore	30000	30000***
				Chennai	30000
				Hyderabad	30000
				Kolkata	30000
15	Israel	19 Nov 2002	single	Points in Israel	800		41600
16	Italy	8 May 1992	single	Rome	400		20800
17	Japan	11 February 1988	Multiple	Osaka	400		20800
18	Jordan	6 October 1999	Multiple	Points to Jordan	0		0
19	Kuwait	10 October 1999	single	Kuwait	400		20800
20	Luxembourg	22 August 1997	Multiple	2 Points	1400		72800
21	Macau	28 October 1996	Multiple	Macau	1400		72800
22	Malaysia	5 August 2003	Multiple	Any points in Malaysia	4200		218400
23	Maldives	27 September 1984	Two Airlines	Male	No restriction		No restriction
24	Myanmar	26 August 1996	Multiple	Yangon	5300		275600
25	Netherlands	17 April 1998	single	2 Points	1400		72800
26	New Zealand	22 October 2015	Multiple	Points in New Zealand	2800		145600

27	Oman	2 December 1997s	Multiple	Mascot	1400	72800
28	Pakistan	24 August 1976	Multiple	Karachi, Islamabad, Sailkot, Multan and Faisalabad	3800	197600
29	Philippines	18 November 2004	Multiple	Manila, Subic, Cebu, Davao	2500	130000
30	Qatar	4 June 1995	Multiple	Doha	5600	291200
31	Republic of Korea	12 February 1988	Multiple	Seoul	800	41600
32	Russian Federation	28 July 1989	Single	Moscow	164	8528
33	Rwanda	5 December 2023	Multiple	Any Points	-	-
34	Saudi Arabia	4 October 1999	Multiple	Any Points in Saudi Arabia	5600	291200
35	Singapore	15 June 1984	Multiple	Singapore	5600	291200
36	Sri Lanka	19 February 1977	Multiple	Colombo	2800	145600
37	Switzerland	6 February 2024	Multiple	Any Points	5600	291200
38	Thailand	14 January 1971	Multiple	Thailand	2000	104000
39	Turkey	13 October 1999	Multiple	Istanbul	2800	72800
40	United Arab Emirates	19 August 1982	Multiple	Points in UAE	28000	1456000
41	United Kingdom	20 October 2015	Multiple	Points in UK	600	31200
42	Viet Nam	24 September 2010	Multiple	Points in Viet Nam	2800	145600

Note: Assumption of Air seats Aircraft type B757 with approximately 200seats/flight

***21 touristic destination+ Dehradun, Bagdogra and Gorakhpur with unlimited seats.