Kushinagar airport to begin international flights from Diwali: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced on Tuesday that international flights from Kushinagar airport in the Gorakhpur administrative division would start by Diwali. He said international flights would increase foreign tourists' inflow since the region is part of the Lord Buddha pilgrimage circuit. The decision to make Kushinagar an international airport was taken in a cabinet meeting in June.