KATHMANDU, Feb. 3 -- Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has received Air Operator's Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to conduct flights to Japan.

The national flag carrier received the certificate on Friday, after a month of submitting application for it.

"This certificate has a significant role on preparation for flight to Japan. This is a go-ahead from the CAAN, and now we are one step away from our target to fly wide-body aircraft to Japan from February," said Navaraj Koirala, assistant spokesperson of NAC.

According to Koirala, all the documents required by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) have already been sent via the NAC country manager in Japan.

"Now we can submit those documents to JCAB and on...