Senior pilot Jwarchan appointed Nepal Airlines Corporation GM

KATHMANDU: Senior pilot of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), Deepu Jwarchan, has been appointed as its General Manager. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale, appointed Jwarchan as NAC's GM as per a minister-level decision. Jwarchan has been accorded responsibility of the executive chief of the NAC, which was vacant after the suspension of the executive chairperson Yubraj Adhikari, according to the Ministry. The operation director of NAC, Jwarchan has got the responsibility to operate a minimum number of flights as a senior pilot, it is said. The government has already relieved NAC's Managing Director, Dim Prasad Poudel, from the post and executive chairperson Adhikari has been suspended with the formation of a probe committee. READ ALSO:

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