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The airport is about 6 kilometers from the city center in the Kathmandu valley.
The airport is about 6 kilometers from the city center in the Kathmandu valley.

[['''Foreign Exchange''']]
There is one bank counter at the departure lounge and three bank counters at the
arrival lounge. All transactions are done on the basis of the declared amount by the passenger and the currencies permitted by the government based on the day's foreign exchange rate. In order to change surplus rupees at the time of your departure from Nepal, please make sure that you save your encashment receipts, which you must produce for exchange. Indian currency not exceeding Rs 10,000 can also be exchanged.


[['''Bank''']]
If you did not get a chance to exchange your money up at the arrival immigration hall, you can do so here. It may be necessary to pay to the taxi as dollars are not accepted freely in the markets. There is a telephone booth if you want to make a local call either to your acquaintances or for personal hotel reservation.


[['''Insurance Counter''']]

Tele-fax, International and Domestic direct dial telephones, Free local phones are in the concourse nearby.


[[''TIA Office Information Services'']]
Information on airport functions and regulations.


[['''PRE-PAID Taxi''']]
Once you step out of the arrival gate the pre-paid taxi service is on your left if you wish to use this facility you can do so by paying in advance. The rates are made visible as they are exhibited on the board for your security.


TIA Aerodrome Duty Office


Reservation counter for more than 169 hotels


[['''Nepal Tourism Board Information Center''']]
You can acquire information on host of topics on tourism. HAN (Hotel Association of Nepal) Counter: You can book any hotel of your choice from here. Get your hotel voucher and proceed to the assigned hotel. You can collect pamphlets, other materials on tourism. You may be offered free copies of "Nepal Traveler" an informative magazine which has all sorts of information about Nepal distributed by smart beautiful ladies just as you step out of the Custom area.


Incoming Passenger Message Board


[['''CIP Lounge''']]
Available by reservation for business travellers. This is available for Commercially important person who on arrival may wish to rest while someone takes care of their formalities i.e. custom, immigration and collecting of the luggage. You can avail this room after paying Rs 200 per person.


'''[[Press room]]'''


[['''Transit Security Check


Post office


Souvenir Shop


Duty Free Shop''']]
Duty free shopping facilities are available upon both arrival and departure at TIA. Only those foreign currencies approved by Nepal Rostra Bank are accepted. These include the US Dollar, British Pound, Australian Dollar, Swiss Franc, Singapore Dollar, Japanese Yen, Swiss Kroner, Danish Kroner, Hong Kong Dollar, Saudi Riyal, Qatar Riyal, and the Euro. Major credit cards such as Master Card, Visa Card, American Express Card are also accepted, as are traveller's cheques like Thomas Cook and American Express. Indian rupees are not accepted. There is a quota in place, on the purchase of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages- one carton of cigarettes consisting of 200 sticks or 50 sticks of cigars, and 1.5 litres of alcoholic drinks, or 10 cans of beer for incoming passengers. The provision is more liberal for outgoing passengers.


Snacks and Notions


Internet




==Airlines==
==Airlines==

Revision as of 04:21, 25 May 2006

Template:Airport frame Template:Airport title Template:Airport image Template:Airport infobox Template:Runway title Template:Runway Template:Airport end frame Tribhuvan International Airport (IATA: KTM, ICAO: VNKT) is an International airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.

It is the sole international airport in Nepal. Before the massacre of the Nepalese royal family, Nepal enjoyed substantial air traffic, being served by many international airlines, including Singapore Airlines, Lauda Air (a subsidiary of Austrian Airlines) and Lufthansa (until 1997). Now, however, the only international connections remaining are Thailand, India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the UAE, and Austria.

The airport is about 6 kilometers from the city center in the Kathmandu valley.

'''Foreign Exchange''' There is one bank counter at the departure lounge and three bank counters at the arrival lounge. All transactions are done on the basis of the declared amount by the passenger and the currencies permitted by the government based on the day's foreign exchange rate. In order to change surplus rupees at the time of your departure from Nepal, please make sure that you save your encashment receipts, which you must produce for exchange. Indian currency not exceeding Rs 10,000 can also be exchanged.


'''Bank''' If you did not get a chance to exchange your money up at the arrival immigration hall, you can do so here. It may be necessary to pay to the taxi as dollars are not accepted freely in the markets. There is a telephone booth if you want to make a local call either to your acquaintances or for personal hotel reservation.


'''Insurance Counter'''

Tele-fax, International and Domestic direct dial telephones, Free local phones are in the concourse nearby.


''TIA Office Information Services'' Information on airport functions and regulations.


'''PRE-PAID Taxi''' Once you step out of the arrival gate the pre-paid taxi service is on your left if you wish to use this facility you can do so by paying in advance. The rates are made visible as they are exhibited on the board for your security.


TIA Aerodrome Duty Office


Reservation counter for more than 169 hotels


'''Nepal Tourism Board Information Center''' You can acquire information on host of topics on tourism. HAN (Hotel Association of Nepal) Counter: You can book any hotel of your choice from here. Get your hotel voucher and proceed to the assigned hotel. You can collect pamphlets, other materials on tourism. You may be offered free copies of "Nepal Traveler" an informative magazine which has all sorts of information about Nepal distributed by smart beautiful ladies just as you step out of the Custom area.


Incoming Passenger Message Board


'''CIP Lounge''' Available by reservation for business travellers. This is available for Commercially important person who on arrival may wish to rest while someone takes care of their formalities i.e. custom, immigration and collecting of the luggage. You can avail this room after paying Rs 200 per person.


Press room


[[Transit Security Check


Post office


Souvenir Shop


Duty Free Shop]] Duty free shopping facilities are available upon both arrival and departure at TIA. Only those foreign currencies approved by Nepal Rostra Bank are accepted. These include the US Dollar, British Pound, Australian Dollar, Swiss Franc, Singapore Dollar, Japanese Yen, Swiss Kroner, Danish Kroner, Hong Kong Dollar, Saudi Riyal, Qatar Riyal, and the Euro. Major credit cards such as Master Card, Visa Card, American Express Card are also accepted, as are traveller's cheques like Thomas Cook and American Express. Indian rupees are not accepted. There is a quota in place, on the purchase of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages- one carton of cigarettes consisting of 200 sticks or 50 sticks of cigars, and 1.5 litres of alcoholic drinks, or 10 cans of beer for incoming passengers. The provision is more liberal for outgoing passengers.


Snacks and Notions


Internet


Airlines

Incidents and accidents

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