Gandaki Province Chief Minister Surendraraj Pandey has said that coordination and cooperation between the union and the provincial government is necessary to operate the Pokhara International Airport. The chief guest of the 'Gantavya Gandaki' program organized by Kantipur Media Group in Pokhara, Chief Minister Pandey said that Gandaki is facing many challenges due to the inability to operate the international airport.

Chief Minister Pandey said that connectivity is the most important during development and said that road connectivity is challenging and difficult. Road connectivity is challenging and difficult, sometimes due to weather and sometimes due to management, passengers have not been able to reach their destination on time, he said, in Gandaki. He said that international airport cannot be operated only if Gandaki Province wants to is . 

Chief Minister Pandey also said that they are discussing the operation of an international airport as there is high-level traffic in Gandaki from neighboring countries India and China. "We are doing a lot of work to be done from our region for the operation of the international airport and support, but we are not able to operate it regularly," he said.