Lately, the case of irregularities in the purchase of widebody aircraft in connection with Nepal Airlines Corporation has reached the authorities through the Parliament and the Parliamentary Committee. There are also news that the planes belonging to the airline have been grounded because they could not repair them.

Lumbini, Pokhara Airport is being questioned as to whether it is right or wrong. Now, the parliamentary sub-committee is discussing the suspension of the General Manager of the Civil Aviation Authority, saying that there are irregularities in the construction of Pokhara Airport. The corporation's debt has reached billions and the corporation's domestic flights have stopped. It seems that the only state-owned airline corporation's journey to disaster has started 32 years ago.

What is interesting is that 32 years ago, the state of affairs and disorder in the corporation, the same situation seems to be repeating itself now . At that time, the appointment of the board of directors in the former Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation, political interference, purchasing and leasing of ships became the main causes of controversy. And in the midst of this controversy, the then tourism minister Ramhari Joshi canceled the decision to rent a Boeing 767 for two years from Ireland's government airline company Airlings in order to fly to Paris and Japan. And the then chairman and general manager of the corporation, Bhuvaneshwar Daivagya, was deposed and tourism secretary Purushottam Bhattarai and deputy general manager Pradeepraj Pandey were appointed permanent general managers.

The ship charterer came at the last moment 'Isn't it a game of commission behind the reversal of the decision ?' The question was raised at that time. At that time, the company's plane selected from the global tender was prepared to be rented for 267 million 46 thousand 151 US dollars . The letter of intent to rent had also been signed. Tickets for the Paris flight were also sold out. And the work of painting the aircraft that was supposed to be brought in for hire had also been done. At the last minute, all this process was canceled on the directive of the minister.

At that time, the ticket was sold on the basis of not having an agreement to bring the plane. And 'Why did painting start on the aircraft that was supposed to be leased before the final contract?' It was discussed that . After the dispute started on this matter, the then Minister Ramhari Joshi formed a working group with the then Attorney General Motikaji Setal and conducted a study. But the said task force suggested that if the company providing the aircraft is to repair the aircraft, then the contract should not be entered into. It was said that the hiring process was canceled keeping in mind the same suggestion.