EVEREST NEVER RESTS
Nepal's Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation says that fixed-wing aircraft services to Lukla Airport at the foot of Mount Everest will now be able to operate year round. The Asian Development Bank funded the renovation of the airstrip which included black-topping the 527-meter (1,730-ft.) runway.
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