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  "response": {
    "Key": "US-NP",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "NP",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Nepal"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which U.S. cities can I fly from to reach Nepal?",
        "answer": "No city in the United States has nonstop service to Nepal. Travelers from the US reach Nepal on connecting itineraries, typically with a change of plane at a hub outside the country. When choosing a US departure airport, passengers generally weigh convenience, fare, and frequency of connecting flights to the region.",
        "methodology": "Departure cities and their weekly nonstop flights come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We list every city in the origin country with scheduled nonstop service to an airport in the destination, busiest first.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Nepal are the best to fly into?",
        "answer": "Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is the only international airport in Nepal that receives flights from the United States, though all routings require at least one stop. Kathmandu serves as the hub for domestic flights to Pokhara, Lukla, and other regional destinations, and is the starting point for most overland travel within the country."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight to Nepal?",
        "answer": "There are no nonstop flights from the United States to Nepal. Travelers must connect through at least one intermediate airport to reach Nepal from the United States.",
        "methodology": "Flight times come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); the typical time is the median scheduled duration of each departure city's nonstop services to the destination.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights to Nepal?",
        "answer": "There are no nonstop flights from the United States to Nepal. No U.S. city has scheduled nonstop service to Nepal.",
        "methodology": "Nonstop service is identified from the scheduled operating flights in our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); a destination with no scheduled nonstop from the origin country is reported as having none.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which U.S. airports are usually cheapest for flying to Nepal?",
        "answer": "New York JFK and Los Angeles are typically the cheapest U.S. gateways for flights to Nepal because they host the most one-stop connections via the Middle East or Asia. San Francisco can offer competitive pricing as well. From smaller U.S. cities, you will usually need a domestic positioning flight to one of these hubs, which can add to the total fare."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly to Nepal?",
        "answer": "No nonstop flights operate between the United States and Nepal. Travelers connect through hubs in Asia or the Middle East.",
        "methodology": "Airlines are the operating carriers scheduled on nonstop services from each departure city, taken from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI).",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel to Nepal?",
        "answer": "US citizens need a visa to visit Nepal for a short tourist stay. You can get it as an e-visa online before travel or on arrival, and it allows a stay of up to 90 days.\n\nThis is general guidance to help you plan, not official immigration advice — entry rules can change and can depend on your nationality and circumstances, so please confirm the current requirements with the relevant embassy or official government source before you travel.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "article_lookup"
        ],
        "references": [
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Nepal",
            "title": "Visa policy of Nepal",
            "favicon": "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"
          }
        ],
        "preopenedReferences": true,
        "stageOnly": true
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Nepal after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Nepal relies on domestic flights, tourist buses, and local buses for internal travel. Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is the main gateway, with flights to Pokhara, Bharatpur, and Lukla. Road travel can be slow due to mountainous terrain. Arriving in Kathmandu provides the most options for onward travel."
      }
    }
  }
}