KATHMANDU, Jan. 12 -- Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has completed preparations to operate commercial flights to Osaka International Airport in Japan. As per the corporation's business plan for the two new wide body Airbus A330-200 airplanes, flights to Osaka will start from February, said Madan Kharel, executive director of the NAC.

"We have completed all required process to start the flights," Kharel said, "Now we are waiting for official permission from Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB)."

Nepal and Japan have already signed Exchange of Notes on revising the Air Service Agreement in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

"Flight schedules will be decided and bookings will open after getting JCAB permission," Kharel said. "Till date, we have got ...