Flights & Access
Bhairahawa, the airport for Lumbini, has had no scheduled international flight since March. Nepal Airlines plans to base a jet there from November.
By Anjali Shrestha · Jun 16, 2026
Gautam Buddha International Airport at Bhairahawa, the gateway to Lumbini, has had no scheduled international flight since March 2026. Its only regular service, Thai AirAsia's twice-weekly flight from Bangkok, ran through the winter schedule and stopped. The…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Nothing scheduled, today. Thai AirAsia resumed its Bangkok—Bhairahawa flights on 26 October 2025, twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays, and they were the airport's only regular international service until the winter schedule ended in March. Between August…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
For visitors, a working Bhairahawa airport would be a genuine convenience. It puts you a short drive from Lumbini's sacred garden, spares pilgrims the long overland haul from Kathmandu, and opens a southern gateway to the country that eases pressure on the…
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