The Nepalese government has initiated plans to upgrade the country’s radar system and weather monitoring equipment. Nepal’s previous system had been based at Kathmandu’s airport, Tribhuvan International Airport, and only had a limited range due to the airport being located in a valley. The new radar is being installed on a mountaintop south of Kathmandu and will provide enhanced regional coverage and improved weather monitoring. Cameras are also being installed at remote airports throughout Nepal, which will transmit images to an operations centre in Kathmandu and assist in determining if operations to that facility can be safely undertaken. This project is expected to improve the safety of the operating environment within Nepal, which has been categorised as a high-risk due to the country’s varying topography and extreme mountainous terrain. The project will likely assist in demonstrating the Nepal’s attempt at improving aviation safety within Nepal, after the country was placed on the European Union’s list of banned carriers in December 2013 due to inability of the Civil Aviation Authority to adequately adhere to internationally recognised standards in safety oversight.

The recent Ebola virus outbreak in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia (and to a lesser extent, Nigeria) has prompted a large number of African and international carriers to suspend or limit operations to these regions in order to limit the airline’s exposure to the effected regions and aid in limiting the spread of the virus. Airlines including British Airways, Emirates, Gambia Bird, Arik Air, Asky Airlines, Air Cote d’Ivoire and Kenya Airways have all either suspended or reduced operations to the affected West African regions.

In 2013, Real Tonga Airlines was gifted a Chinese-built Xian MA-60 aircraft by the Chinese Government. The MA-60 series of aircraft has had a poor accident and incident history since its inception in 2000, and as a result the New Zealand government suspended a multi-million dollar tourism aid package and issued a travel advisory warning against the aircraft. Real Tonga Airlines has since withdrawn the aircraft and leased two BAe Jetstream 32 turbo-prop aircraft from Australia.