Flights on the Manthali-Lukla route have resumed after a two-day closure due to adverse weather in the Khumbu area of Solukhumbu district. Lukla Airport in the neighboring Solukhumbu district remained shut for two days due to bad weather. This morning, with the weather clearing up in Lukla, flights between Manthali and Lukla have resumed.
MANTHALI (RAMECHHAP): Over 1,000 foreign tourists en route to Lukla of Solukhumbu are stuck in Manthali for the past two days as an adverse weather disrupted the air flights to Lukla Airport. It is said their number totals 1,300. They arrived here by flight and road. Now some of them have started heading towards Phaplu, […]
Solukhumbu, October 9 — The area surrounding the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, and the Khumbu region has been bustling with tourists. On a single day, Lukla Airport recorded 200 flights.
According to Umesh Panthi, the chief of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal in Lukla, there were 198 flights from Manthali in Ramechhap and Kathmandu on Tuesday. The flights included 61 by airplanes and 139 by helicopters. On that day, 1,539 tourists entered the Khumbu region.
He reported that 167 domestic and 667 foreign tourists arrived by airplane, while 695 tourists came by helicopter. With the tourist...
Solukhumbu, October 9 — The area surrounding the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, and the Khumbu region has been bustling with tourists. On a single day, Lukla Airport recorded 200 flights.
According to Umesh Panthi, the chief of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal in Lukla, there were 198 flights from Manthali in Ramechhap and Kathmandu on Tuesday. The flights included 61 by airplanes and 139 by helicopters. On that day, 1,539 tourists entered the Khumbu region.
He reported that 167 domestic and 667 foreign tourists arrived by airplane, while 695 tourists came by helicopter. With the tourist...
Flights on the Manthali-Lukla route have resumed after a week-long closure due to adverse weather. Lukla Airport in neighboring Solukhumbu district remained shut for a week due to bad weather. This morning, with the weather clearing up in Lukla, flights between Manthali and Lukla have resumed.
MANTHALI: Flights between Manthali and Lukla have resumed following a week-long closure due to adverse weather conditions. Lukla Airport, situated in Solukhumbu district, had been temporarily shut down due to inclement weather. This morning, with improved weather conditions in Lukla, flights between Manthali and Lukla have recommenced. During the closure of Lukla airport, aircraft from […]
RAMECHHAP, Sept 25: Flights from Manthali of Ramechhap district to Lukla have started from Sunday. The planes of Tara Air, Summit Air and Sita Air made flights from Manthali Airport for the foreign tourists from Sunday.
KATHMANDU: Flights to Lukla Airport in Solukhumbu will have to take off from Manthali airport, Ramechhap from Saturday. According to Tribhuvan International Airport Spokesperson Teknath Sitaula three airline companies, Tara Air, Sita Air and Summit Air, which fly to remote airports, have been instructed to keep only one aircraft tight stop at Kathmandu and keep […]
