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December 28, 2000

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IA operates empty flight to Kathmandu

Indian Airlines had to operate an empty A300 flight to Kathmandu, as no passenger wanted to travel to the city due to disturbances there over the alleged anti-Nepal remarks by film star Hrithik Roshan.

For the second day running, the domestic airline also had to cancel its Varanasi-Kathmandu-Varanasi flight on Thursday.

Airport sources said the airline had to operate an IC 813 empty to bring back stranded passengers. The 245-seater A300 on the return journey will be a plane-load as the IC 814 was booked to the last seat, the sources said.

Being the Christmas-New Year season and Kathmandu being a hot destination for celebrations, the trouble in the Himalayan kingdom has come as a big blow to tourists.

The sources said although it was an economical setback, Indian Airlines was committed to fly Thursday's flight since many of its passengers, including those from Wednesday's cancelled Kathmandu-Varanasi service, were at the airport overnight.

UNI

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