The Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh has received necessary clearances from aviation regulator DGCA to operate international flights from the facility.
The Union Cabinet had in June 2020 approved the Kushinagar airport's status as an international facility, stating it will offer improved connectivity to the important Buddhist pilgrimage site.
Once the airport begins operating international flights, it will become third functional international facility in the state.
At present, two international airports namely, Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Lucknow and Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at Varanasi, are operational in the state. Another international airport is coming up at Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar.