Kathmandu, March 14
After a long wait of years, Nepal finally has its second international airport after the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. The newly constructed Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa in southern Nepal is all set to begin flights on May 16.
It is highly likely that Kuwait City in Kuwait will be the first international destination of the new facility.
Nepal’s civil aviation regular, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), says Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways, has submitted an application to begin flights between Bhairahawa and Kuwait City. The authority’s Deputy Director-General Devendra Lal Karna says the Kuwaiti company says it wants to operate one flight every day from the first day of the airport’s operation.
The authority, however, is yet to decide on the approval. “But, with the application received, it has been certain that there will be flights from the new airport from May 16 itself.”
