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NAC to Phase Out Boeing 757

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NAC to Phase Out Boeing 757
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July 24: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has decided to sell its second Boeing 757 aircraft. The state-owned corporation has completed all the formalities to sell the aircraft and has authorized a Singapore-based company to evaluate the selling price of the aircraft.

Managing Director of NAC Saugat Ratna Kansakar informed New Business Age that the process of selling the aircraft will move ahead soon after the Singaporean company finalizes the price. According to him, the evaluating company from Singapore was selected through a global tender.

Since NAC has added new Airbus to its fleet, the Boeing aircraft needs to be phased out for the proper management of the company, he added. 

Majority of airlines perform their flight operation either with Boeing or by Airbus, while only a few use aircraft of both the companies.

“But in case of NAC, we have already decided to move ahead with Airbus and we also have three airbus by now. So we are selling the Boeing aircraft,” informed Kansakar.

NAC, which was established sixty years ago, was once leading the aviation industry in South Asia with 21 aircraft. But it currently only has 13 aircraft for domestic and international flights.

The airline sold its first Boeing 757 aircraft to BB Airways last year.

NAC bought its first wide-body Airbus A 330 some weeks ago and the second wide-body aircraft will arrive shortly. The airline aims to conduct its long-route international flights with these two Airbus.    

Currently, the airline is conducting flight operation to eight medium-route international destinations, including India, with two Airbus A320 and a Boeing 757 narrow-body aircraft.

According to Kansakar, the airline will acquire two additional narrow-body aircraft by 2019.

 

 

 

 

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