Scan the feedback section of travel sites: they are full of laments from frustrated trekkers stuck at Lukla’s Tenzing-Hillary Airport waiting days on end for flights out. After having descended from ...

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Helicopter rides back from Mount Everest after a week on the slopes of the world's tallest mountain might sound like a trekker's delight, but for the tourists trapped in the remote region of Nepal, ...

Rumor on the trail that the Lukla airport had shut down started a week ago. We were still making our push to Everest Base Camp (17,701 feet) and Kala Patthar (18,315 feet). The weather was starting to ...

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Tara Air, Sita Air, and Summit Air said they would continue flights from Kathmandu to Lukla despite the ongoing disputes between the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu local authorities and aviation regulatory ...

Flights to and from the Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, considered the gateway to Mount Everest, remain shut for the past three days due to adverse weather conditions. It has been raining ...

Around 150 trekkers realized they couldn't see route as weather deteriorated; one person medivacked to nearby town; group stuck in village at lower altitude till conditions improve The post Israelis ...

It’s a 40-minute flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to the village of Lukla. That seems like a simple trip, until you consider it's 40 minutes of mountain-dodging, white-knuckling, flying in a small plane ...