Abhinav Karki← Aviation

Advisor from 2022 · CEO 2023–2025

Mustang Helicopter

Abhinav Karki advised Nimsdai's Mustang Helicopter Pvt. Ltd. from 2022 and served as its CEO from 2023 to 2025, leading the company's crisis turnaround. In September 2024 the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal accepted him as the company's Accountable Manager. This page collects the documents, coverage and writing from that period.

Mustang Helicopter new management 2024: rescue, restructure and restart, with Abhinav Karki as CEO and Accountable Manager
Rescue, March 2024: new management takes over a struggling operator with two AS350 helicopters. Restructure, May 2024: 14 specialists, 26 staff, new AOC post holders. Restart, end of 2024: full inspections with Airbus and Safran before a safe return to flying.

Rescue flight · Everest Base Camp

Everest Base Camp, 5,364 mA Mustang Helicopter AS350 rescue flight below the Khumbu Icefall.

Photos

Abhinav Karki with a Mustang Helicopter aircraft in KathmanduWith a Mustang Helicopter aircraft, KathmanduAbhinav Karki with the Mustang Helicopter technical team in a planning meeting, 2024Technical planning with the team, 2024Mustang Helicopter team in hi-vis vests outside the company office at the airportThe team at the airport officeAbhinav Karki with the Mustang Helicopter ground crew during checks on the AS350 9N-ANOGround checks on 9N-ANO before return to serviceMustang Helicopter AS350 9N-ANO during a patient transfer, medical team with stretcherPatient transfer · 9N-ANOMustang Helicopter AS350 9N-ANO landed in the Khumbu with yaks grazingKhumbu · Everest region

Official documents

CAA Nepal letter accepting Abhinav Karki as Accountable Manager of Mustang HelicoptersIssued 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 ↗CAA Nepal letter with the result of Abhinav Karki's Accountable Manager oral assessmentIssued by Civil Aviation Authority of NepalAccountable Manager Oral Assessment: PassAssessment conducted 26 July 2024, result Satisfactory. Letter dated 31 July 2024.View original ↗

Documents, news & writing