For those of us willing to brave the journey, there is only one gateway to Nepal’s Himalayan havens: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu. Even though Nepal’s economy depends mostly on foreign aid and tourism, the country’s sole international airport is in a very sorry state. In addition to a lack of infrastructural facilities and equipment, alleged mismanagement by the airport authorities have hampered its operational activities. A 2016 survey by the airport review agency “Sleeping in Airports” ranked Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal as the second worst airport in Asia, behind only Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan. Shyam Sundar Yadav, a social activist, said he was “shocked” following the recent plane crash at the TIA.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 23, 2018 16:30 UTC