Kathmandu, April 22 -- Narayan Sapkota was planning to fly to India to see his relatives this week. But he couldn't believe it when he discovered the airfare for a flight that barely lasts an hour and a half.

"I was totally shocked. It was unbelievable that a flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi would cost Rs50,000," the computer operator from Chabahil told the Post. Sapkota immediately cancelled his plans to visit his relatives and has been waiting for the airfare to go down.

"If the airfare does not come down, I still have an option-travel by road," said Sapkota, who recalls paying Rs9,000 when he flew to Delhi last time.

Many passengers travelling to the Indian capital say they are dumbfounded by the sudden increase in airfares, said ...