Nepal Airlines has decided to sell five of its troublesome Chinese planes after no one came forward to lease them from the loss-making national carrier despite a deadline extension, according to a media report on Saturday.
While the Finance Ministry of Nepal is the owner of the Chinese planes, the state-owned Nepal Airlines is the operator.
Plagued by breakdowns and lack of pilots, the three 17-seater Y12e aircraft and two 56-seater MA60 aircraft have turned into “the most expensive white elephants in the carrier’s history” right after they arrived, officials were quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post newspaper.
