NAC resumes four weekly flights from Phaplu to Kathmandu
SOLUKHUMBU: Four regular flights will operate weekly from Phaplu Airport in Salleri, the headquarters of Solukhumbu, to Kathmandu.
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started operating four weekly flights on the route. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that NAC operates flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The Phaplu-Kathmandu air services, which had been halted for a protracted period due to technical glitches with the aircraft, are now back in operation.
According to a senior official of CAAN in Phaplu, Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, the resumption of flights was made possible following maintenance work on the aircraft.
The flight, which had been operating once a week, was grounded, resulting in the suspension of Phaplu-Kathmandu services for an extended period.
According to the station chief of Nepal Airlines in Phaplu, Tenzing Sherpa, flight services on this route had remained completely disrupted from mid-December 2024 to mid-April 2025.
Mahesh Adhikari, a local businessperson from Salleri, said, "With the resumption of regular flights, the compulsion to travel the disaster-torn 'BP Highway' to get to Kathmandu has ended. Yet, the air service must be regular and reliable, not just temporary."
In the past, the disruption of flights caused several complications for travel, business, emergency treatment and essential tasks.
Karma Sherpa, Senior Vice President of the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN), mentioned that tourism business operators are elated about the resumption of flights in the tourist district.
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