Discover why Lukla Airport, officially known as Tenzing-Hillary Airport, is often called the world's most dangerous airport.

Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu, Solukhumbu District, Nepal. (Getty) Lukla Airport, known officially as Tenzing Hillary Airport ...

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Not just any aircraft can overcome the unique challenges that the Tenzing Hillary Airport, also referred to as the Lukla Airport, presents. Known as the one of the essential destinations along the way ...

It may be scary enough for nervous flyers landing at an airport in general. Strange sounds that the aircraft makes coupled with potentially inclement weather conditions that may not cause concern the ...

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Scan the feedback section of travel sites: they are full of laments from frustrated trekkers stuck at Lukla’s Tenzing-Hillary Airport waiting days on end for flights out. After having descended from ...

Join me as I embark on an adventure flying to Lukla, Nepal, home to the world's most dangerous airport. Experience the flight on Summit Air's Let 410 from Kathmandu to Lukla Airport and discover what ...

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"I will ask the government for approval to rename Lukla airport as the Hillary-Tenzing Airport," Tourism Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung said at a condolence ceremony for Hillary held in Kathmandu.

Tourism stakeholders in Manthali of Ramechhap district have urged the government to commit to operate regular flights in Manthali-Lukla route. As the government has diverted Lukla flights from ...