POKHARA, June 16: Pokhara Airport is gearing up for its first-ever international flight. A Chinese airline company obtained permission to operate a charter flight to the airport on June 16.

KATHMANDU, April 11: Industrialists and entrepreneurs have asked Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to make arrangements for the operation of the international flights from Pokhara airport.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: After the accident of a Yeti Airlines plane this morning, all flights from the Pokhara Regional International Airport have been postponed. TIA Spokesperson Teknath Sitaula said that all flights from Pokhara Airport have been postponed after the accident.

POKHARA, Jan 15: Pokhara Airport served nearly one million air passengers throughout last year. In the year 2022, a total of 883,536 air passengers traveled via Pokhara’s domestic airport. Among them, 81,176 passengers were foreigners.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Pokhara Metropolitan City Office has announced a public holiday on Sunday to mark the inauguration and operation of Pokhara International Airport (PRIA).

POKHARA, Nov 6:  The number of air passengers has increased significantly in recent times due to the increasingly difficult road travel, the tourist season and the increasing habit of traveling among domestic guests. According to the Pokhara airport, more than 3,800 passengers received air services from the airport in one day. This is the highest number of passengers flying to and from the Pokhara Airport.

KATHMANDU, July 31: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has said that the construction work on its behalf at the Pokhara Regional International Airport has almost been completed.

POKHARA, July 29: An aircraft belonging to Yeti Airlines made an emergency landing at Pokhara airport on Friday morning after it experienced engine failure mid-air. The aircraft was on its way to Kathmandu from Pokhara.

KATHMANDU, May 31: The mortal remains of 22 people who were killed in the Sunday’s Tara Air crash at Thasang rural municipality-2 in Mustang have been brought to Kathmandu.

POKHARA, May 31: Regular flights to and from Pokhara Airport are affected as a fuel tanker belonging to Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) overturned near the runway.

POKHARA, May 30: The wreckage of the 9N-AET twin-engine aircraft of Tara Air that crashed at Thasang-2 Sanosware in Mustang has been found.

KATHMANDU, May 29: Nepal Army (NA) has said that the search for the Tara Air plane that went missing this morning while flying to Jomsom from Pokhara is underway.

KATHMANDU, May 29: A helicopter that flew from Pokhara to Jomsom in search of a Tara Air aircraft has returned without any success due to bad weather. The weather condition at Pokhara-Jomsom route is currently cloudy with rainfall, affecting the search.

The aircraft took off under the command of Prabhakar Ghimire

POKHARA, March 27: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has said that Pokhara International Airport will now connect Pokhara with the rest of the world.

POKHARA, March 27: The Pokhara Regional International Airport being developed by Chinese construction company CAMCE was handed over to Nepal on Saturday.

Kaski, March 26: Ninety three percent construction of the Pokhara Regional International Airport has been completed, according to project officials.

POKHARA, Nov 23: Flight services from Pokhara Airport have resumed as the fog that had surrounded the city since morning has started to clear. The airport resumed its service from 12PM.

KATHMANDU, May 30: While the pandemic continues to impact international airport projects under construction, the government is planning on bringing them into operation in the next fiscal year.

POKHARA, Jan 8: The construction work of the Pokhara regional airport has made 68 per cent progress so far.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Buddha Air has formed an internal investigation committee to find out the cause of flight error on Friday.

DAMAULI, Feb 3: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has said the time has come to establish socialism through poverty alleviation and social justice.

POKHARA, Jan 14: Pokhara Airport has been serving an average of 2,000 passengers on a daily basis. About a quarter of total passengers are foreigners.

POKHARA, Nov 5: At 5:30 pm on Saturday, two airplanes of Buddha and Yeti Airlines were readying to fly to Kathmandu from Pokhara. Passengers were on board the aircraft that were already two hours behind schedule.

POKHARA, Oct 1: As the inflow of tourists is increasing and more flights are being added to Pokhara Airport, its profit is increasing every year. The airport earned about Rs 90 million in the Fiscal Year 2018/19. The airport’s expenses for the fiscal year were Rs 40 million, putting its net profits at Rs 50 million.