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Buddha Air’s New ATR 72-600 Lands in Kathmandu, Fleet Hits 17

Kritika Baral — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:36:29 +0000

Buddha Air (U4), Nepal’s largest private airline by fleet size, has taken delivery of a new-generation ATR 72-600 turboprop, registered 9N-AOS. The aircraft landed at Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, on Saturday, July 25, 2026, after a ferry flight that began in Toulouse, France, and routed through Cairo and Muscat. The delivery raises Buddha Air’s […]

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2000 protestors came to burn down Tribhuvan International Airport during Gen-Z Protest, Nepal Army confirms

Unique Shrestha — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:04:35 +0000

During the Gen-Z protests that engulfed Nepal on September 8 -9, 2025, protestors had come to burn down Tribhuvan International Airport, confirmed Nepali Army in a press conference organized today at 2 pm local time. In the first press conference organized by the Nepalese Army following the Gen-Z uprising in Nepal, Director General of Military […]

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Nepal Spent $200 Million on Pokhara Airport. Why Does It Have Almost No International Flights?

Karan Bhatta — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:54:24 +0000

Pokhara, which is the go-to city for tourists in Nepal, will forever be inextricably linked with the Pokhara International Airport project- something that reeks of allegations of exorbitant corruption and mismanagement. This vital aerodrome and one of the three international airpots in Nepal has an uncertain future, and almost no present. After all, it doesn’t […]

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Yeti Airlines Flight 691 Crashed After Pilots Accidentally Feathered Both Propellers

Karan Bhatta — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:08:24 +0000

Pokhara is a dream of a city for tourists who visit the place. However, in the aviation community, the construction of the Pokhara International Airport (PHH)has led many people to question whether it is a failure. The idea that this airport might be a debt trap set by China is something a lot of people […]

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Why Nepal’s $216 Million Pokhara International Airport Has Become a Costly Failure

Rizan Shilpakar — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:15:01 +0000

It has not even been ten years that one of the main airports in Nepal – Pokhara Airport – transitioned from its domestic status into an international one. Its picturesque location, coupled with the most beautiful offerings in the city that is Pokhara, could have made it one of the busiest airports in Nepal, if […]

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Is Pokhara Airport China’s debt trap?

Karan Bhatta — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:45:18 +0000

Of all the aerodromes in Nepal, perhaps the most sumptuous looking of them all is Pokhara International Airport. The towering mountain that lies to the opposite of its magnificent entry, the obvious lack of danger associated with other airports such as Lukla Airport, the ability to serve the go-to touristic city in Nepal- Pokhara, are […]

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