Jabo 4 ota airbus cha. Pilot hiring, maintenance C check dekhi ground handling sabai bhadragol. Party karyakarta bharti kendra banaechi estai ho. Balen needs to go gung-ho, all guns blazing to de-Oli/de-Congressify the whole system and drain the swamp. This is the worst one of the lot. Was this pilot fired? He needs to lose his license - [https://enewspolar.com/nepal-airlines-pilot-ignores-flight-protocols-china-aviation-seek-clarification/](https://enewspolar.com/nepal-airlines-pilot-ignores-flight-protocols-china-aviation-seek-clarification/](https://enewspolar.com/nepal-airlines-pilot-ignores-flight-protocols-china-aviation-seek-clarification/)) On February 6, a Nepal Airlines flight bound for Kathmandu, commanded by Senior Captain Udhab Ghimire, reportedly breached aviation safety rules in a sign of gross negligence at the Chinese mainland airport.China's Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) has repeatedly sought clarification from NAC authorities, but the corporation has allegedly ignored their requests. According to sources, the CAAC formally wrote to NAC detailing a ground mishap at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and requested flight operation information related to navigation errors in the takeoff area. A senior official at the state-owned carrier confirmed that the CAAC also asked NAC to describe the visibility conditions, communication protocols, runway surface status, and other relevant environmental factors at the time of the incident. However, NAC not only failed to provide the necessary information within the provided time of one week, but in a blatant display of safety-unconsciousness and unaccountability, the responsible officials of Operations Department and Safety Office tried to shy away and arrogantly declined a meeting proposed by the CAAC for March 10 citing its busy schedule due to the election period in Nepal. Following NAC's failure to adequately address these critical safety concerns, the CAAC issued a second and even stern warning to the corporation yesterday, March 9, for its continued inaction and has deemed the irresponsible act as unacceptable. While Nepal Airlines does not have a very outstanding record of safety and reliable operations, the concerned Captain in question has also been marred in several safety-related issues and reprimanded by CAAN. Multiple times for level bust incident in Hong Kong, low cockpit oxygen issue as well as rest period violation in the past few years were reported after Ghimire assumed his commandership in the Airbus A-320, NAC sources claimed.CAAC has made its stand clear that they require a formal and detailed safety investigation report and put up a strong stand for Nepal Airlines to deal this issue very seriously and attend the meeting summoned by CAAC. However, it is unlikely any concerned official from Nepal Airlines Operations Department or Safety Department will be likely attending the meeting scheduled for today, 10th March, 2026. It remains to be seen how CAAC will action next, or how CAAN will deal with this safety-critical issue which has been deliberately hidden and dusted away, neither reported to CAAN or investigated in line with the existing norms of Safety Management. It is also normally rare that a foreign Civil Aviation Authority questions an operator on safety issues and is only done in severe lapses and that can potentially impact the overall safety in a huge scale.CAAN officials refused to comment. Joint Secretary Mukesh Dangol, who heads the Civil Aviation Department at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, however, said that ministry would take any action only after it received the formal complaint. "Ministry has not formally received any information about the incident," he added. Ask The Captain - WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET YOUR PILOTS LICENSE REVOKED?? P.I.N.K.: Procedural Intentional Non-Compliance. This happens when a pilot consciously and deliberately chooses to ignore or bypass a rule because they disagree with it or want to do it their own way. This can get a pilot in severe trouble and can lead to a revoked license. This dangol guy was promoted to DG . Despite CAAC sending 2 warnings, he was saying no formal complaint has been made by them? Everyone from maintenance to training (pilot hiring nepotism scandal) to marketing to the PR department to needs to be fired. Apology note ko first line ma grammatical error ("we sincerely apologise for (double space) error"). Atleast chatgpt le chai generate garena. Tyo euta ramrai kura ho. After factory reset, lease 30 new a320s/30s. Spirit bankruptcy ko karan aile market ma lease lai available cha. Now's the chance. Retain the yellow livery. Too expensive to repaint. Aile samma 2020 visit nepal decal taaleko cha, so don't care about the color. Qatar ra aru airlines le Nepal bata annual 1 billion dollars (15,500 crore NRS) kamaucha. Esko half can be NACs revenue if new planes are added. [https://english.nepalnews.com/s/feature/big-profits-little-tax-foreign-airlines-in-nepal/](https://english.nepalnews.com/s/feature/big-profits-little-tax-foreign-airlines-in-nepal/](https://english.nepalnews.com/s/feature/big-profits-little-tax-foreign-airlines-in-nepal/)) Foreign airlines earn more than Rs 150 billion by providing flight services to passengers arriving in Nepal from abroad and departing from Nepal. This figure does not include income from cargo services. If cargo earnings were added, the total income of foreign airlines operating in Nepal would be even higher. Foreign airlines earn more than Rs 150 billion by providing flight services in Nepal. Qatar Airways served 596,050 passengers on direct Doha–Kathmandu–Doha flights and earned USD 368,817,600 from ticket sales alone. Turkish Airlines ranks second among airlines with large business volumes in Nepal. Operating direct flights from Istanbul to Kathmandu, Turkish Airlines conducted 206 flights in 2024, serving 98,753 passengers. From ticket sales, the airline earned Rs 15.38 billion (Rs 15,381,400,000). Turkish Airlines has received approval to operate one flight daily except Fridays. It connects Nepal with Europe through air travel. According to CAAN, airlines from China and India provide the highest number of international air services to Nepal. China’s Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and Sichuan Airlines operate flights to Nepal. Among them, Sichuan Airlines conducts the largest volume of business, earning Rs 4.39 billion (Rs 4,392,563,000) in 2024 alone. Together, the four Chinese airlines conducted business worth Rs 13.30 billion (Rs 13,300,161,000) in one year and served 252,637 passengers. Four Indian airline companies also operate international flights from Nepal. According to CAAN, Air India, IndiGo Aviation, Air India Express, and SpiceJet are providing air services. Among these, Air India has the largest business volume in Nepal. Indian airlines connecting Nepal and India earned Rs 10.12 billion (Rs 10,129,100,000) in 2024. [https://ekantipur.com/business/2026/04/30/en/about-1500-passengers-affected-as-two-wide-body-aircraft-of-the-corporation-were-grounded-simultaneously-13-32.html](https://ekantipur.com/business/2026/04/30/en/about-1500-passengers-affected-as-two-wide-body-aircraft-of-the-corporation-were-grounded-simultaneously-13-32.html](https://ekantipur.com/business/2026/04/30/en/about-1500-passengers-affected-as-two-wide-body-aircraft-of-the-corporation-were-grounded-simultaneously-13-32.html)) Governments, in turn, have made ritualistic pledges of transparency and reform; results have been scant. In a market where private airlines contrive to stay aloft, state-owned enterprises-Nepal Airlines chief among them-continue to hemorrhage resources, offering a cautionary tale of public-sector dysfunction. The latest imbroglio center on Captain Subash Rijal. Once associated with the widebody procurement scandal, he formally retired from the airline only to return in the powerful post of Director of the Operations Department. His reappointment has rekindled familiar anxieties about accountability and propriety. Fresh allegations-of policy manipulation and undue influence-now swirl, reinforcing the sense that, at Nepal Airlines, old habits prove stubbornly difficult to dislodge. # The “samdhi” and the training slot In Nepali culture, the term samdhi carries specific weight. It refers to a family relationship through marriage, the bond between in-laws. In the corridors of Nepal Airlines Corporation’s headquarters in Kathmandu, the word samdhi has recently taken on a different kind of resonance: as a synonym for institutional favoritism. Captain Subash Rijal is the Director of Operations at NAC ,arguably the most powerful operational position at Nepal’s flag carrier. In early 2026, he was the man who controlled which pilots flew, which got trained, and when. According to multiple sources within the corporation, he used that power to do something extraordinary: he bypassed nineteen qualified pilots who had been waiting, in some cases for up to six years, to send his relative by marriage, Roshan Koirala, to a high-cost Airbus A-320 training program in Malaysia. The allegations against Rijal do not arise in isolation. They emerge from a pattern. But to understand how Koirala came to be on that manifest and why his removal represents a watershed moment, it is necessary to understand the mechanics of what was allegedly arranged on his behalf. Koirala is a contract pilot. He was appointed to NAC for the Airbus A-320 fleet despite sources and internal records indicating he had already crossed the mandatory retirement age of 58 stipulated by corporation regulations. His only type experience was on the two small Dornier 228 and a LET 410, both small 19-seater turboprops. His service record at NAC is short. By any standard measurement of institutional eligibility, he was not the most qualified candidate for what is an expensive and coveted training placement. Yet Koirala was on track to fly to Kuala Lumpur on April 15 for a training course that would cost the Nepali state significant sums and that would, had it been completed, have given him a qualification that would have been useful for precisely the limited period he was legally allowed to remain employed. To understand the full picture of how this happened, it is necessary to reach back further to who appointed Koirala in the first place. [https://ekantipur.com/business/2026/05/16/en/nepal-airlines-flight-stopped-in-hong-kong-24-42.html](https://ekantipur.com/business/2026/05/16/en/nepal-airlines-flight-stopped-in-hong-kong-24-42.html](https://ekantipur.com/business/2026/05/16/en/nepal-airlines-flight-stopped-in-hong-kong-24-42.html)) However, the flight was affected after the aircraft was unable to refuel during the return flight. It has been revealed that Nepal Airlines Corporation's aviation fuel agreement with Hong Kong-based fuel supplier Chevron has expired. The aircraft was reportedly grounded after the refueling staff informed that the agreement was not renewed. The problem has not been resolved even after about an hour of the aircraft landing. Sources have said that both the operations department in Kathmandu and the Hong Kong station of the corporation have shown weakness in renewing the agreement. The corporation is currently taking necessary initiatives for passenger management and flight operations. A WhatsApp message sent by the corporation's Hong Kong office to Kathmandu reads, 'The fuel tanker for refueling flight number RA10 has not arrived yet. We tried to contact Vijay Gupta sir regarding this matter, but his phone is not reachable.'