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Pokhara Just Got Its First Real International Flight, Three Years After the Airport Opened

flydubai starts daily Dubai–Pokhara flights on 23 September 2026, the first scheduled international airline to serve Nepal's trekking capital since…

By Laxman Rawal · Sep 4, 2026

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Pokhara International Airport opened in January 2023 to a Chinese government delegation, a runway built for wide-bodied jets, and a promise that Nepal's second city would finally have its own gateway to the world. For most of the three years since, that…

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What this means for trekkers

What this means for you If you're flying in from the Gulf, East Africa, or anywhere on flydubai's network, you can now land directly in Pokhara and start trekking the next morning — no Kathmandu transfer, no domestic flight dependent on mountain weather…

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