Lukla flights are expected to resume over the weekend after Maoists attacked the town on 3 and 4 February. A group of about 100 Maoists surrounded the town and looted Rs 2.2 million from the Rastriya Banijya Bank branch. "No one was hurt or harassed. Everything is quiet now," Lukla's VDC chairman Funuru Sherpa told us by phone. The army is said to be guarding the town, and also airlifted out some stranded trekkers. Trekking agencies in Kathmandu say tourists have not cancelled their plans, and are waiting for flights to resume, while others have started trekking from Jiri and Phaplu.

Lukla flights are expected to resume over the weekend after Maoists attacked the town on 3 and 4 February. A group of about 100 Maoists surrounded the town and looted Rs 2.2 million from the Rastriya Banijya Bank branch. "No one was hurt or harassed. Everything is quiet now," Lukla's VDC chairman Funuru Sherpa told us by phone. The army is said to be guarding the town, and also airlifted out some stranded trekkers. Trekking agencies in Kathmandu say tourists have not cancelled their plans, and are waiting for flights to resume, while others have started trekking from Jiri and Phaplu.