Civil Aviation Authority – The Singapore Post

A threat of a ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights in the airspace of Oman looms large as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) assured them that credentials of all pilots had been scrutinized to ensure flight safety.While expressing concern over the recent safety issue with the PIA, the Omani Civil Aviation Authority warned Pakistan that the national flag carrier could be barred from using its airspace, sources said.They added that the Omani authorities also asked Islamabad to explain what curative measures had been taken to ensure safety of flights.Earlier, the European Union Air Safety Agency suspended PIA authorization to operate to the EU member states for six months.The International Air Transport Association (IATA) also shared its concern over the serious lapse in the l...

After the disclosure of Pakistan’s minister for Aviation about fake and dubious licenses of pilots, the credibility of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has taken a massive hit.The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has also expressed concern over the ‘serious lapse in the licensing and safety oversight by the aviation regulator’.The controversy drew global attention after the federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan in the National Assembly declared that 150 pilots of the national flag carrier had fake licenses.Amid the aviation crisis, the PIA management has decided to ground one-third or 150 of its pilots and started relieving them from flight rosters for allegedly possessing ‘dubious licenses’, while asking the CAA to u

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Threat of Omani airspace ban looms over PIA

Credibility crisis hits Pakistan International Airlines, CAA over ‘dubious licenses’ of pilots

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