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Official documents
Issued by AirbusExperience letterAirbus career 2010–2021: ISS Procurement (Madrid), A320 Final Assembly Line (USA), Regional Manager India setup, Senior Manager Program Quality (Germany). Dated 20 Nov 2025.View original ↗
Airbus HR recordAnnual performance reviews, 2013–2016Manager ratings: 110 (2013), 110 (2014), 115 (2015), 115 (2016). Screenshot of the Airbus Workday record, Programme Quality Assurance. Employee number redacted.View full record ↗
Issued by Civil Aviation Authority of NepalAcceptance of Accountable ManagerMr Abhinav Karki accepted as Accountable Manager for Mustang Helicopters Pvt. Ltd. by decision of CAA Nepal, 16 Sep 2024. Letter dated 18 Sep 2024.View original ↗
Issued by Civil Aviation Authority of NepalAccountable Manager Oral Assessment: PassAssessment conducted 26 July 2024, result Satisfactory. Letter dated 31 July 2024.View original ↗
Author: Abhinav KarkiNepal Airlines Transformation PlanFinancial and governance turnaround of the national carrier: rescue, restructure, revive. 12 slides, 2026.View original ↗Chapters
Aviation, 2010 – todayNepal Airlines, Mustang Helicopter and Airbus in one placePage→
Disaster response, 2026Kathmandu Post op-ed, Asia News Network republication and AIN coveragePage→
Mustang Helicopter, 2022–2025Advisor from 2022, CEO 2023–2025: the turnaround, official letters, photos and coverageArchive→
Airbus, 2010–2021Experience letter, performance record, photos and papersArchive→
Nepal Airlines, 2026Transformation plan, Druk Air benchmark and writingPage→
Nepal, since 2012Fly Beyond Dreams, Uplift Nepal, Shram, writing, teaching and the ZDF documentaryPage→
Work11
- Nepal Airlines Transformation Plan – financial & governance turnaroundPDF↗
- Everest Task Force – Nepal vs Druk Air benchmarkBenchmark↗
- About Mustang Helicoptermustangheli.com↗
- Airbus opens first US plant in Alabama – A320 final assembly line inaugurationAirlineGeeks2015↗
- Airbus A320 final assembly line, Mobile, AlabamaAL.com2014↗
- From Compassion to Action – Fly Beyond Dreams in NepalAirbus Magazine (FORUM 86)2015↗
- Uplift NepalLinkedIn↗
- Fly Beyond Dreamsfly-beyond-dreams.org↗
- Uplift Nepal – essays by Abhinav KarkiMedium2021–2023↗
- Shram ProgramFacebook↗
- Before You Depart – a practical checklist (free ebook)Book↗
Recognition & coverage2
Video9
- EP 645 · Should Nepal Airlines Just Shut Down?Sushant Pradhan Podcast · YouTube2026↗
- How Can Nepal Airlines Be Fixed?Sushant Pradhan Podcast · YouTube2026↗
- Talk show: Abhinav Karki, Aerospace Executive & ReformerPALIKA Television · YouTube2026↗
- A blueprint for reforming Nepal Airlines: accountable leadership and open competitionNews24 Nepal · YouTube2026↗
- Aviation in Nepal & AbroadThe Doers · YouTube↗
- Back to Nepal with Abhinav Bahadur Karki – EP 97The Doers↗
- FbD [Nepal 2012] Video DiaryFly Beyond Dreams · YouTube2012↗
- Fly Beyond Dreams – Nepal 2019Fly Beyond Dreams · YouTube2019↗
- Clara and Abhinav's Life in Nepal – Leaving Germany to Live in NepalZDF · hallo deutschland2025↗
Writing11
- The question of reviving Nepal Airlines Corporation (वायुसेवा निगम पुनर्जीवनको प्रश्न)Kantipur2026↗
- When the ground disappears, the sky must be organisedThe Kathmandu Post2026↗
- When the ground disappears, Nepal's skies must be organisedAsia News Network2026↗
- Reimagining Nepal Airlines: a flag carrier that makes us proudNepal Press2026↗
- How to measure progress in life?Medium2023↗
- Skills Matter — Cauliflower dreamsMedium2022↗
- Why so political? Need for institutional leaders in NepalMedium2022↗
- Dhan Bahadur should be aliveMedium2022↗
- Pande Bhai and the Nepalese dreamMedium2022↗
- What would you do?Medium2021↗
- Back to square oneMedium2021↗
Papers & theses3
- SEM Supplier Engagement Model: managing and engaging critical suppliers, aircraft cabinAirbusNov 2020
- Helicopter Operations in Nepal (Financial Modelling), MBA thesisEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityAug 2018
- Decision Making Strategy on Implementing VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) in the Aerospace Industry, BSc thesisJacobs University Bremen
