“It’s not about aircraft or helicopters. It’s about Nepal and proving that we can rise above limitations.”
News & Coverage
All news & coverage →Sushant Pradhan Podcast · EP 645
Should Nepal Airlines Just Shut Down?
TV interview · Oct 2026A blueprint for reforming Nepal Airlines: accountable leadership and open competition↗
Op-ed · Oct 2026The question of reviving Nepal Airlines Corporation→
Op-ed · Sep 2026When the ground disappears, the sky must be organised↗
Coverage · Sep 2026Nepal relief efforts need more support and coordination↗- Airbus FORUM magazine · 2015From Compassion to Action – Fly Beyond Dreams in Nepal↗
TV interview · Oct 2026Talk show: Abhinav Karki, Aerospace Executive & Reformer↗
PodcastAviation in Nepal & Abroad↗
- Current · 2026Nepal Airlines
Disaster & Reform - Former CEOMustang Helicopter, Nepal
- Former Airbus ManagerGermany · France · Spain · USA · India
- EducationMBA, Embry-Riddle (USA) · Engineering, Germany · Budhanilkantha School
About Abhinav
Karki is an aerospace executive based in Nepal, former Airbus manager with over 15 years of aerospace experience, an engineering degree from Germany and an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.
He led the crisis turnaround of Nimsdai’s Mustang Helicopter as CEO (2023–2025). He was selected in Airbus’s PROGRESS young management programme, awarded an ISTAT Americas Scholar and is a Budhanilkantha School alumnus. He lives in Kathmandu with his wife, Clara Banken Karki, and their two children; the family’s life in Nepal was featured by ZDF Germany.