Airways seem cheaper for Air Fuel.
As per the Spokesperson of NOC (Nepal Oil Cooperation), the cost for jet fuel which was brought via airway seems cheaper in comparison in buying at Kathmandu. The figure cost for jet fuel in buying Kathmandu is 1350$ per Kilo Liters, whereas same amount of Fuel cost 470$ per Kilo Liters while bringing directly from Kolkata via airway.
According to the spokesperson of NOC, the fuel will directly enter Nepal via airways until Dashain and for this operation NOC is hiring Charter flight. NOC has declared about chartering another 8 flights from Kathmandu for importing about two hundred sixty four tons of jet fuel till this Daishain.
