Kathmandu, Sept 26: Flights have been generally affected due to inclement weather today. The domestic flights have been affected at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu due to bad weather.
Although flights operated according
to the visual flight rules (VFR) have been taking place at the Kathmandu
Airport, the flights in Biratnagar, Simara and other places, the destinations
out of Kathmandu Valley, have been generally affected.
Airport spokesperson Rinji Sherpa
said that two flights have been diverted as the 'en route weather' turned
inclement. A plane belonging to Yeti Airlines which flew for Simara had to
return to Kathmandu after reaching the Simara sky as it could not land.
Yeti Airlines' next flight to
Biratnagar also returned to Kathmandu after the en route weather turned
bad.
The airlines have said no mountain
flights were conducted today due to the bad weather.
However, international flights have
been operating normally, Sherpa, the spokesperson, said. (RSS)