The Nepal Weekly 
February 21, 2023
The Jazeera Airways is set to resume its flight to Kuwait from Bhairahawa starting from March 9. According to Bhishma Prasad Neupane, Chairman of Siddhartha Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Amit Nagarath, commercial manager of Jazeera Airways Nepal office, has informed them that the Airways will resume flights from Bhairahawa on March 9.
In addition to the SCCI, Nepal Travels and Tours Association (NATTA), Lumbini, had been holding discussion with the Jazeera and lobbying for resuming flights. Jazeera had started international flights from May 16, 2022, the day when the Gautam Buddha International Airport was inaugurated and continued it till December 18, during with it has 154 take off and similar number of landing; 13,593 passengers had flown while 18,025 landed in the period. However, the airways had suspended its flights in the pretext of weather since December 18 as there is no installing of Instrumental Landing System in absence of India’s permission.
