Domestic flights resume at Tribhuvan International Airport

Kathmandu – Domestic flights at Tribhuvan International Airport, which had been suspended since yesterday due to continuous rainfall, have resumed this morning.

According to airport authorities, flights from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj and Bhadrapur have already taken off, while weather conditions in Pokhara and Surkhet have also improved, allowing safe flight operations.

The domestic terminal reported that aircraft grounded in Pokhara, Biratnagar, Bharatpur, Bhairahawa, Janakpur, Dhangadhi, and Nepalgunj on Saturday are gradually returning to Kathmandu today.

A total of 140 domestic flights are scheduled for Sunday. Buddha Air has the highest number with 72 flights, followed by Yeti Airlines with 32, Shree Airlines with 26, and Tara Air with 9. Sita Air, Summit Air, and Nepal Airlines each have one scheduled flight.

Among these, three are mountain flights,two operated by Buddha Air and one by Yeti Airlines.

International flights, on the other hand, have been running normally since last night. Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, seven international flights were diverted to Bangladesh and India due to bad weather. All of them safely returned to Kathmandu later that night.