Nepal, May 22 -- Buddha Air's 72-seater aircraft conducted a successful test flight on the Kathmandu-Bharatpur route this morning.

The aircraft landed at Bharatpur Airport for the first time at 9:30 am and performed takeoff and landing from both directions-Runway 15 (southeast) and Runway 33 (west).

Pilots Pramod Thapa and Rabi Shrestha conducted the test flight. Captain Thapa, who has been with Buddha Air for 27 years, said the flight faced no major issues and that landing and takeoff at Bharatpur Airport were neither difficult nor risky. He also mentioned that preparations to submit the flight test reports are already underway.

Dev Chandra Lal Karna, Deputy Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), observed th...