Why a highway to Everest is long overdue

If you’re planning on visiting Everest’s Khumbu region on a prearranged itinerary these days then there’s a high probability of your plans going tits up. The air service to Lukla, the Khumbu’s gateway village, has been deteriorating as rapidly as Tiger Woods’ career, and it seems that every time the erstwhile golfing superstar takes his pants down the aviation industry in Nepal suffers another setback and flights to Lukla become ever less reliable.