"thai" design, flat screen television sets, sandwiches and vol-au-vent pastries, departures are called) and while customs procedures upon departure still hover between the sublime and the absurd, check-in has certainly become faster and more efficient. Kathmandu Airport by Kathy Wood 24 December 2007 Customer Rating : I arrived from India so I found the airport an improvement on what I had seen previously. On arrival, the staff were very helpful. However, beware of corrupt security staff. They threatened to confiscate all the gifts I had bought in India unless I paid them. Fortunately a senior member of staff was nearby and must have sensed what was going on and let us through. They did confiscate my camera batteries, though. Kathmandu Airport by Oliver Spencer 11 December 2007 Customer Rating : I was quite impressed with the airport. Many things were manual, however, airport staff were helpful and courteous. It was simple and easy to clear get the immigration clearance, customs, baggage claim, and get out of the airport. Overall, given the economic standard of the country the Kathmandu airport is a good airport! Kathmandu Airport by Melanie Ling 19 January 2007 Customer Rating : n/a Not a great airport really. Firstly long queues to pay your departure tax, then long queues to check in. Ambiguous information at check in that you could not take cameras and video cameras in your hand luggage which turned out not to be true. Getting through immigration was not too bad but security queues were