Businessmen are preparing to stake claims days after Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Kuber Sharma announced that anybody with a purse of Rs 1.5 billion could "own" more than Rs 10 billion worth of state-owned Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC). Some business houses are already preparing to file petitions at the ministry expressing their interest. Sharma made the announcement that the government would hand over the scam-ridden national flag carrier to anybody who comes with the funds at a felicitation program organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI).