Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways has made a proposal to the Civil Aviation Authority through the Government of Nepal to operate the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa after the completion of the mechanical test. Nepal Airlines Corporation is preparing for a test flight on April 20. For the first time, a foreign airline has offered to start commercial flights at the airport.

Jajeera has proposed daily Kuwait-Bhairahawa-Kuwait flight. No other foreign airline has offered to fly to Bhairahawa airport except Jajira, ‘NEA spokesperson Dev Chandra Lal Karna told Kantipur.