Kathmandu, July 11 -- The meeting of the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre on Friday decided to continue repatriation charter flights, turning down the request of the Tourism Ministry to allow international scheduled passenger flights.

"The meeting decided to continue chartered flights but in limited numbers," said Tourism Ministry Secretary Kedar Bahadur Adhikari. "We have decided to take another proposal seeking permission to allow international scheduled passenger flights."

The meeting also did not allow domestic flights to resume as well, he said. The tourism ministry has been facing criticism for allowing repatriation charter flights as a handful of firms have been charging exorbitant fares for passengers.

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