=>The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has declared Kushinagar Airport as a Customs notified airport.

=> This would also facilitate international passenger movements including that of Buddhist pilgrims.

A customs airport is an airport notified by the appropriate customs authority of the country as an airport which shall be airports for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods.

About Kushinagar:

=> It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvan.

=> Kushinagar is dotted with several other Buddhist sites in the nearby surroundings like Sravasti (238 km), Kapilvastu (190 km) and Lumbini (195 km).