Himalaya Airlines tested a flight at newly built Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa. The Nepali airline operator has tested the flight as part of a training session for its pilots from Thursday, said Director General for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal engineer Pradip Adhikari. An aircraft belonging to the Airlines landed in the airport at 12 pm on Thursday, he said.

Now, only Jazeera Airways is regularly operating commercial international flights at the airport after testing flights on May 16. The flights are scheduled for three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday).