Lukla Airport (LUA)

Aviation vocabulary: Widebody aircraft (In Pictures)

Karan Bhatta / January 29, 2025

As per the Merriam-Webster Dictionary “Widebody aircraft is a large jet aircraft characterized by a wide cabin”. To be more […]

Karan Bhatta / January 28, 2025

In the days of the yore, the cattle would graze in Lukla’s runway, and children would play too. A siren

Kiran Bhatta / January 24, 2025

Tribhuvan International Airport – the aerial entrance to Nepal – was inaugurated by King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah in 1955

Karan Bhatta / January 22, 2025

Carriers such as Gorkha Airlines and Agni Air once operated in Nepalese skies but had to shut down due to

Karan Bhatta / April 16, 2024

While the Lukla Airport is known as the Hillary Airport (with the name of the other mountaineer first to Everest-

Karan Bhatta / April 7, 2024

Pradip Bashyal, a BBC journalist based in Kathmandu and writer of the brilliant book “Sherpa” shares his thoughts on the

Karan Bhatta / March 28, 2024

In the heart of Nepal’s Himalayas lies Tenzing-Hillary Airport, commonly known as Lukla Airport—a name that evokes both trepidation and