The infrastructure expansion within the Tribhuvan International Airport, which was started 5 years ago with the aim of serving 10 million passengers annually, has been completed 60 percent.

Engineer Dipendra Shrestha, Director of the Air Transport Capacity Enhancement Project under the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, said that the physical progress of the three different projects operating within the airport has reached 60 percent.

Last winter, Tribhuvan International Airport was closed for 10 hours from 10 pm to 8 am to expand the infrastructure. Currently, the airport opens at 6 in the morning and operates till 12 at night. internal and 

In order to provide annual service to nearly 10 million passengers from both regions, the taxi-way, international apron, and hangar are being constructed to connect the runways. 

The construction of an international apron and a taxi-way connecting the apron with the runway to the north is underway with a joint investment of 7 billion by the Government of Nepal and the Civil Aviation Authority. This work was started from August 20, 2020 . This work is 75 percent completed. This work, which is being done by the Chinese contractor Avic International, is planned to be completed in February 2026.  

is the second contract within the airport, infrastructure construction for the hangar. In the eastern part of the airport, a hangar area is being constructed for airline companies including Nepali Army, Nepal Aviation Corporation, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines, etc. at a cost of 4 billion rupees. 45 percent of this work has been completed .  This work started from November 2022 and is expected to be completed by October 2026. Asian Development Bank has 78% loan investment in it while the remaining 22% amount is from Nepal Civil Aviation Authority. Chinese companies Avic, KDN and CCECJV are involved in this project .