Pakistan Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) officials will appear before a court in the United Kingd
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Pak airline officials to appear in UK, Malaysia courts for failure to pay lease of seized aircraft ANI | Updated: Jan 17, 2021 19:17 IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Pakistan s Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) officials will appear before a court in the United Kingdom on January 22 and a Malaysian court on January 24 after failing to pay the lease of an aircraft on time due to Covid-19 pandemic.
During a media briefing in Rawalpindi on Saturday, the minister claimed that the Malaysian court had issued an order without listening to any arguments by the national carrier, and blamed the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government for acquiring two aircraft on an expensive lease, reported Geo News.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan may have admitted that the fake pilots issue was mishandled but Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has refused to take responsibility for the damage his statement did to the Pakistan International Airline.
Talking to Shahzeb Khanzada on
Geo News’ Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath show on Wednesday, the PTI minister downplayed the matter by saying that every airline in the world was suffering losses.
Khanzada interjected that the aviation industry was facing losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. The PIA, on the other hand, is facing bans due to the fake license controversy.
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
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KARACHI: A day after Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan expressed hopes that the ban imposed on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate flights in Europe would be lifted soon, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) informed the national flag carrier that the ban had been extended by three months and that it would not be reviewed until a safety audit of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), it emerged on Saturday.