August 29: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started operating flights to New Delhi and Hong Kong from Bhairahawa starting from today (August 29).    
Both flights, Bhairahawa-New Delhi and Bhairahawa-Hong Kong, remained without passengers. The NAC had recently announced to operate flights to New Delhi and Hong Kong from Bhairahawa via Kathmandu transit once a week.    
General Manager of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport, Hansa Raj Pandey, said confirmed that NAC operated flights to New Delhi and Hong Kong from Bhairahawa via Kathmandu transit after the respective aircraft arrived from Malaysia.

However, he mentioned that no passengers boarded the plane from Gautam Buddha International Airport during today's flights.    
Passengers heading towards Hong Kong are sent to the destination via Kathmandu while passengers heading towards Delhi are sent to the destination from connecting flights at Tribhuvan International Airport.    
The NAC had opened ticket bookings for both the routes from August 27. The NAC had started Malaysia-Bhairahawa flights from June 13 and has made 12 flights so far. -- RSS