Pokhara International Airport Operates First Charter Flight to India

Pokhara. For the first time, a charter flight has been operated from Pokhara International Airport to India. 

On Tuesday, a medical rescue charter flight was operated to Bhopal, India. The charter flight was operated for Raja Bhoj Airport, informed Pokhara International Airport. 

Information officer of the airport, Ashish Prakriti Dhital, informed that Indian citizen Shambhu Dayal Shrivastava, who fell ill during the Muktinath pilgrimage, was sent to Bhopal via a special charter flight for further treatment. He fell ill while returning from the Muktinath region and was rescued and admitted to Charak Memorial Hospital in Pokhara. 

After 5 days of treatment at the hospital, the family chartered a plane for further treatment. The charter flight includes the patient's two sons, 3 doctors from Charak Hospital, and 6 crew members. This is the first departure charter flight from Pokhara to India. Earlier, a foreign charter flight had arrived in Pokhara via Delhi, India. 

Previously, charter and special flights have been operated from Pokhara to Lhasa and Chengdu in China, Paro in Bhutan, and Singapore. Although Himalaya Airlines used to operate regular flights to Lhasa, it is currently stopped. Sichuan Airlines had been operating charter flights regularly for some time.