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By Our Reporter
The government is preparing to sack Madan Kharel, executive chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), citing that the work progress of NAC has been unsatisfactory.
Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai had also said that the leadership at NAC might get changed if current leadership does not take immediate steps to strengthen the national flag carrier.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) had been stating that it was not satisfied with the work progress of the national flag carrier.
The board meeting last week sought a five-point clarification from Kharel.
After Kharel briefed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli that he was not able to perform as per his plan due to lack of cooperation at the board, the board asked Kharel to clarify his statement. The board meeting asked Kharel to provide details of when and how he didn’t receive support from the board.
Likewise, the board also asked Kharel to clarify why he took a decision to operate flights to Osaka while the government had already completed all the procedures to operate flights to Narita and who was going to take responsibility of losses incurred by the Osaka flight operation.
The board also sought clarification on why the NAC’s operation department did not submit any work plan to operate the Y12E and MA60 aircraft even after receiving a direction from the board to do so in June last year.
Similarly, the board also asked Kharel to provide operation details of the Airbus 320 and Airbus 330 series aircraft. Kharel was directed to furnish the details regarding the spare parts of Airbus 320 aircraft.