Abhinav Karki
Mustang Helicopter aircraft at Everest Base Camp below the Khumbu Icefall
Abhinav Karki

Abhinav Karki

Aerospace executive · Kathmandu, Nepal

A record of work in aviation, Nepal and strategy.

Work Video Writing
Everest Base Camp · Khumbu Icefall

Work

Aviation · Nepal · Strategy
Abhinav Karki with a Mustang Helicopter aircraft in Kathmandu ↗ Former CEOMustang Helicopter Abhinav Karki with his Airbus colleagues ↗ PROGRESS Young Management ProgramAirbus Fly Beyond Dreams Project Nepal 2012 video diary, aircraft wing at sunset ↗ Nepal 2012 · Video diaryFly Beyond Dreams Abhinav Karki with the Uplift Nepal team ↗ Co-founder · MediumUplift Nepal BUS 500 Strategic Management in Globalized Economy, course by Abhinav Karki ↓ MBA · BUS 500Teaching strategy Clara in Nepal, ZDF hallo deutschland ZDF · hallo deutschland · 202515 Years Ago Left Berlin for Nepal

Rescue flight · Everest Base Camp

Where the ground ends, the sky takes over.

Video

Conversations & film
Airbus FORUM magazine spread featuring Abhinav Karki teaching a Nepali schoolboy

Airbus FORUM magazine · Issue 86

Featured in Airbus FORUM

Fly Beyond Dreams in Nepal, profiled in Airbus's global employee magazine.

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Turnaround leadership · Mustang Helicopter

The turnaround framework used at Mustang Helicopter.

RescueSafety, compliance, confidence.
RestructureSystems over individuals.
RestartDisciplined, sustainable flying.

“Nepal needs to know how to use the helicopters it already has.”

Abhinav Karki · The Kathmandu Post · 2026

Writing

Writing on aviation & Nepal
The Kathmandu Post

When the ground disappears, the sky must be organised

Sep 2026Read ↗ Nepal Press

Reimagining Nepal Airlines: a flag carrier that makes us proud

May 2026Read ↗ AIN

Nepal relief efforts need more support and coordination

Sep 2026Read ↗
Before You Depart: A Practical Checklist, by Abhinav Karki and Raksha Bhujel

The book · free

Before You Depart

For every young Nepali heading abroad. Learn. Earn. Return.

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About Abhinav

Abhinav Karki (Abhinav Bahadur Karki) is a Nepali aerospace executive based in Kathmandu. A Budhanilkantha School alumnus with engineering training in Germany and an MBA in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he is the former CEO of Mustang Helicopter in Nepal. Before that he spent more than ten years at Airbus (2009–2021) in Europe, the USA and Asia, joining through the PROGRESS Young Management Program and serving as coordination manager for Airbus's US final assembly line. He co-founded Fly Beyond Dreams, Uplift Nepal and the Shram Program, teaches strategy to MBA students in Kathmandu, and is co-author of Before You Depart.

The Kathmandu Post AIN ZDF Asia News Network Nepal Press The Doers Airbus FORUM AL.com

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