Kathmandu, December 11
The number of air passengers in Nepal has exceeded 10 million in ten months.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, 13,391,846 passengers boarded flights from 35 airports across the country including Tribhuvan International Airport and Gautam Buddha International Airport between January and October.
During this period, Tribhuvan International Airport alone had to manage flights of 2.23 million passengers.
According to the data, 1.07 million passengers entered Nepal through the TIA while 1.15 million passengers flew out. The airport also catered to around 4.91 million passengers through its domestic terminal, out of which 1.62 million arrived in Kathmandu while 3.2 million flew away from Kathmandu.
Similarly, different airports in Nepal managed over 250,000 flights during the past 10 months between January and October. According to CAAN, 259,508 flights have taken place in airports across Nepal.