Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sagarmatha National Park authorities have declared war on the noisy helicopters circling the Khumbu Valley almost all year.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) likes to pick fights and has been at odds with Sagarmatha National Park after it, the Namche local government and Lukla businesses banned commercial ...

Nepal's airlines have halted helicopter flights to the Everest region after locals angry at the environmental impact and loss of income from trekkers threatened landing sites, aviation officials said ...

The first leg of travel to reach Mount Everest Base Camp is sometimes the hardest. That’s what Outside correspondent Ben Ayers experienced earlier this week. In his latest Outside: Dispatches from ...

Nepali airlines have resumed rescue helicopter flights to the Everest region, an aviation industry official announced Tuesday, after weeks of suspension - Copyright ...

The first-ever Mt Everest sightseeing flight was undertaken in 1933 by a British pilot duo flying from northern Bihar over Nepal in a flimsy Westland Wallace biplane with an open cockpit (below). We ...

Sagarmatha National Park authorities have declared war on the noisy helicopters circling the Khumbu Valley almost all year. Headlines last weekend announced a ban on flightseeing tours to Everest and ...

Nepali airlines have resumed rescue helicopter flights to the Everest region, an aviation industry official announced Tuesday, following weeks of suspension prompted by protests from locals citing ...