Nepal Airlines to sell five troublesome Chinese planes

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.