EU extends Pakistan international airlines flight ban by 3 months
The EASA banned PIA in July. Photo: Getty Images
AKIPRESS.COM - The European Union (EU) has extended its ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for a further three months. On December 26, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) informed PIA that the ban on flights to Europe would only be lifted after a safety audit of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The EU suspended all PIA flights to Europe in July for six months over concerns about PIA pilots, Simple Flying reported.
The news comes a day after Pakistan's Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that he hoped that the ban on Pakistan International Airlines flying to Europe would be lifted soon. While speaking to media from his home town of Taxila, Pakistan’s top aviation minister said the Europeans worry about how commercial pilots in Pakistan got their licenses had been addressed. He also took the opportunity to tell the press that eight new planes were being inducted into the Pakistan International Airlines fleet.