Kathmandu, 30 December : Efforts are underway to ensure a direct flight between Nepal and Australia, it has been said. A bilateral agreement to this was signed on October 2.Data shows that around 150 thousand Nepalis currently reside in Australia and in the absence of direct flight, those Nepali community and tourists leaving here for a Nepal visit are forced to endure several transit routes.According to data issued by the Sydney Airport, the arrival of passengers from Kathmandu to Sydney has reached 121,260 so far this year which is the largest number when it comes to those nations lacking a direct flight connection to Sydney, reports RSS. People's News Monitoring Service