Kathmandu airport from the air. The parallel taxiway is being extended to thresholds at both ends of the runway to improve airport efficiency, but will lead to added congestion till March next year.

The death toll has not been confirmed. At least 50 people have been killed after a plane carrying 71 passengers crashed near Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal on Monday, officials ...

STORY: Eighteen people were killed when a regional passenger plane belonging to Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday (July 24), ...

Passengers walk away from a Turkish Airlines plane after it skidded off the runway while landing at Kathmandu airport in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on March 4, 2015. Dikesh Malhotra/AFP/Getty ...

Passengers wait for luggage upon arrival at the main international airport in Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images As Nepal tries to recover from the devastating earthquake ...

In the days of the Hippie Trail, Kathmandu was six weeks away from the UK by Magic Bus – a fun and fume-filled vehicle calling at Istanbul, Tehran and Kabul. The happy hippies discovered an indulgent ...

At least 50 people are dead after a passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed and exploded into flames onto a football ground near the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. Witnesses said the US-Bangla ...

Passengers sleeping on the pavement outside the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, waiting to leave the country. Kathmandu: There is a long line, perhaps a kilometre long, outside the ...

About 85 American citizens are sheltering in the embassy in Nepal. — -- Hundreds of American citizens are stranded in Nepal, with many sheltered at the U.S. Embassy and others desperately looking ...

The passenger jet skidded off the runway and burst into flames in Kathmandu. A passenger jet attempting to land at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal skidded off a runway, crashed and burst into ...

A domestic plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Police official Basanta ...