TIBET
The Internet Travel Guide
Peter M. Geiser
FLYING
There are flights from Chengdu and Chongqing, and reportedly also from
Urumqi.
There are two daily flights from Chengdo to Lhasa. It costs about CNY
1500.
During the summer there is a flight from Kathmandu to Lhasa. It is
operated by Nepal Air. It operates about 2 - 3 times a week and costs
USD 190. Hope for good weather! The flight goes right past Mount
Everest.
The Southwest China Airline flight from Lhasa to Kathmandu is usually
heavily overbooked. Be at the airport _very_ early (3 or more hours.) It
seems that not the reconfirmation, but the time of arrival at the airport
determines who gets on and who not.
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