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RAWALPINDI: Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said on Tuesday that he stands by his previous statement, given on the floor of the National Assembly regarding pilots with dubious licences. Forensic investigation revealed that 262 of the country’s 860 active pilots...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Tuesday assured the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that it would fill the vacant post of director general (DG) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on permanent basis in two to three days. A single bench of Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard...

Federal aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said Tuesday the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan will satisfactorily compensate Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees being laid off voluntarily. Federal Minister Ghulam Sarwar said while PIA requires only...

RAWALPINDI: As a precaution to avoid the spread of Covid-19, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced flexible timings to prevent its employees from gathering around biometric machines to mark their attendance. In this regard, PIA’s chief human resource...

THE government appears to have finally agreed upon some sort of framework for dealing with state-owned enterprises which have negatively impacted the economy both in terms of fiscal losses and poor, cost-ineffective service delivery. While the full details of the...

KARACHI: Loss-making Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to raise up to Rs20 billion through sukuk with BankIslami to act as the financial adviser and joint bookrunner, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Sources said the proceeds from the...

LAHORE: The report of an inquiry into the Karachi plane crash that had claimed lives of 98 people has been challenged before the Lahore High Court for being “illegal”. The father and a brother of the deceased first officer, Usman Azam, of PK-8303, flight that crashed...

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to resume its UK operations through European airlines (HiFly) by October 30, 2020. According to the PIA spokesman, the national flag carrier is going to resume its UK operations, which was suspended after a...

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday arrested former managing director (MD) of Pakistan Interna­t­ional Air­lines (PIA) and a senior off­i­cer on charges of illegal app­ointment of a Pa­k­­istani American to a sen­­ior position at the nat­ional...

RAWALPINDI:Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said that the government has no plan to privatise the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), rather “we will bring reforms in it”. “The government wants to bring back the airline to its days of glory,”...

KARACHI: In what appears to be a direct contradiction to the aviation minister’s allegation that almost 40 per cent of Pakistani pilots possessed ‘fake licences’, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that all commercial/airline transport pilots...

Pakistan’s revelations that a third of its registered pilots were operating on dubious licenses have led to an erosion in its reputation for aviation safety. Now, the country’s information minister tells CNN’s Richard Quest they’d welcome international help fixing the problem.

Firefighters spray water on the wreckage of the crashed PIA aircraft, on May 22, 2020. — AFP/Files The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association (IFALPA) has called Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan's statement about pilots holding "fake"...

Captain Chaudhry Salman, center, President of Pakistan Airlines Pilots’ Association addresses a news conference with others in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, June 27, 2020. A union of Pakistani pilots on Saturday fired back at the country’s aviation minister, who claims as many as 262 pilots serving at state-run Pakistan International airlines and other airline companies, obtained licenses to fly planes by having others take exams for them.

KARACHI, Pakistan — A union of Pakistani pilots fired back Saturday at the country’s aviation minister after he claimed that as many as 262 pilots working for state-run Pakistan International Airlines and other airlines obtained their pilot licenses by having others...

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 on 22 May 2020. Our thoughts are with the families of those lost and the survivors who may still have a long road to recovery. We are extending our support to our Pakistani colleagues for whom this is undoubtedly a traumatic...

The aviation community grieves for the tragic loss of lives aboard Pakistan International
Airlines Flight 8303 on 22 May 2020. Our thoughts are with the families and relatives of
those lost, and the survivors who may still have a long road to recovery. We are extending
our support to our Pakistani colleagues for whom this is undoubtedly a traumatic experience.

Islamabad: Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (Palpa) has claimed that violation of Air Navigation Order (ANO) is the main reason behind rise in air accidents in Pakistan. “Pakistan has been witnessing rise in air accidents since 2010. It all started with Air Blue...

Staff Reporter “Without any notification upto 25 to 30 percent cuts in gross salaries of the pilots of the national airline is unjustified and will lower the morale of the community which is already under pressure due to stressful working conditions which can...

KARACHI: Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (PALPA) has protested the salary cuts in the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), calling it as an ‘unjust’ move by the administration, ARY News reported on Friday. The PALPA spokesperson said in a...