The airport was built with Chinese assistance through a soft loan of USD 215.96 million agreement signed in March 2016 as part of the Nepal-China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation.
The Pokhara Regional International Airport, where a passenger plane crashed today, was inaugurated on January 1, 2023, by Nepal Prime Minister Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. The airport was built with Chinese assistance.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Sunday inaugurated a regional international airport built with the Chinese assistance in country’s western tourist hub of Pokhara.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Sunday inaugurated the Himalayan nation’s third international airport in western Nepal’s tourist hub of Pokhara built with Chinese assistance.