Tribhuvan International Airport re-opened at 2 AM Wednesday for international flights, a duty officer from the airport told Nepalnews.com.

All international and some domestic flights were halted from Monday, after an army helicopter crashed in the northern end of runway. International flights departed to their destination from early Wednesday, the officer said.

He further said the airport authorities had completed the repairs of the damaged part of runway and all international flights will arrive in Kathmandu by this afternoon.

Passengers were waiting at the airport all day yesterday to catch flights to Hong Kong, Delhi, Amsterdam and Doha were taken to hotels by the airlines, whom have claimed big financial losses.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority, it incurred a loss amounting to 1.7 million rupees owing to

the suspension of the international flights during the closure.