BHAIRAHAWA: A Thai AirAsia flight carrying 17 passengers landed at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa today, marking the resumption of international flights.

The flight, originally scheduled to arrive at 12:15 PM, touched down at 12:48 PM.

The Airbus A320 narrow-body aircraft marked the resumption of international flights, which had been suspended since April.

The same aircraft is scheduled to depart for Thailand today with 162 passengers.

According to officials at Gautam Buddha International Airport, flights this season will operate twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Following maintenance at Tribhuvan International Airport in April, traffic at Bhairahawa increased, with four daily flights at the time.

Over the past five months, the airport handled over 200 flights and about 7,000 passengers, though only a few charter flights took place after the suspension.