Himalaya Airlines launched the first-ever direct Kathmandu–Shenzhen service on June 4 — twice a week, on an A320 — opening a fast new door for Chinese travellers heading to the Himalaya.
Nepal's lake city gets its first scheduled international route — a daily flydubai service from Dubai that lands trekkers an hour from the Annapurnas and sidesteps Kathmandu's congestion.