KATHMANDU: The government has appointed Sushil Ghimire as an Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday decided to appoint former secretary Ghimire as the NAC Chairman.

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MOCTC) has recommended his name in the cabinet.

Earlier, he was an ex-officio chairman of NAC since he was the secretary of the MoCTC.  MoCTC secretary becomes the chairman of NAC as per the the existing  law.

Before him, Madan Kharel was the executive chairman of the NAC.