CAA negligence costs PIA over Rs19 billion
Easa’s decision to ban flights for an indefinite period deals a blow to flag carrier
ISLAMABAD:
In the last 9 months, the national flag carrier – the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) – has suffered a loss of over Rs19billion on account of a ban imposed on its flight operation by the European Union (EU) primarily due to the negligence of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Sources in the PIA said the airline has to incur a loss of Rs2.2billion every month since July 2020 when the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) placed a six-month ban on the PIA flights in the wake of PIA plane crash and a subsequent scandal about issuance of fake flying license to commercial pilots.
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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
The European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has refused to allow Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to resume its flight operations to and from European countries without the safety audit of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and has extended the ban for three months.
The development has been confirmed by a senior PIA official who said that the national carrier had requested the EASA for provisional permission following its fulfillment of several prescribed conditions.
“We have told the EASA that they can conduct a safety audit of PIA, free from CAA, and in the meantime, grant us provisional permission,” he said.