NAC wide-body planes flying to Beijing and Sydney today

Kathmandu - The national flag-carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), is operating two chartered flights today. The NAC's wide-body aircraft each will take off for Beijing and Sydney. The planes have been chartered by the private businessmen to bring the essential medical supplies and by the related countries to rescue their citizens from Nepal, NAC spokesperson Archana Khadka said.

As per the NAC's flight schedule, the first chartered flight will take off from here for Sydney of Australia at 1.30 pm. It will return from Sydney on Thursday and land at Tribhuvan International Airport at 5 pm. The plane will take 264 Australians to Sydney. On its return journey from Sydney, the plane will be empty and directly fly to Kathmandu.