Nepal, March 24 -- MANTHALI (RAMECHHAP), March 24: With the start of the trekking and mountaineering season, daily flights to Lukla have started from Ramechhap's Manthali Airport.

Tara Air, Summit Air and Sita Air started regular flights to Solukhumbu's Lukla from today. It is believed that operation of flights from Manthali to Lukla and vice-versa will make the travel of tourists to the gateway of Mt Everest easier.

Since the Tribhuvan International Airport is busy during the tourist season, airlines bring tourists to Manthali and fly them to Lukla to avoid traffic jams. A large number of foreign tourists come twice a year to Lukla for hiking and climbing.

Previously, there used to be a large number of tourists visiting the Khumbu reg...