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Former GAC boss Fazal Khan dies
Fazal Khan, former husband of Gail Teixeira and ex General Manager of the now defunct Guyana Airways Corporation, died on Tuesday. He was 67.
Captain Fazal Khan
Relatives stated that Mr. Khan passed away at the Caribbean Heart Institute on Tuesday morning after a brief illness.
Captain Khan, an old QC boy from Cunningham “K” House, was in the first batch of Guyanese who attended Embry Riddle Aeronautical School in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Khan returned to Guyana in 1968 and started working with GAC. Many of his colleagues regard him as an exceptional pilot.
In 1969, he married Claudia Madramootoo and fathered three children; two boys and a girl. He later divorced her in 1985.
Captain Khan later engaged in a common law union with Government Chief Whip Gail Teixeira and fathered two girls.
Mr. Khan functioned as the Head of the Guyana- Cuba Friendship Society and was also involved in the Guyana Peace Council for a number of years. He was active in the Pilot Union for a number of years. He himself was a pilot.
A longstanding member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Mr. Khan was the only member of the PPP who voted against Bharrat Jagdeo becoming the Presidential candidate of the party in the run up of the 1997 elections.
After years of flying, in 1995 he left the cockpit because of his health. He then became the General Manager for GAC up until 1998.
He later worked as the Safety Manager with Air Services Limited up until January 2013 when his failing health no longer permitted him to continue.
His colleagues regarded “Faz” as someone who was always politically oriented. As a Captain, he was highly respected and loved by many people, especially in the interior where he would assist many there who trusted him.
A man of integrity and firm principles, Fazal Khan was a very special person to Guyana; loved and highly regarded by many.
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