Staff Reporter
Karachi
PIA flights to Europe will remain banned as certain conditions put to the flag carrier were still not met, according to the European Union Commission.
The suspension, imposed by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), took effect on July 1, 2020, after it came to light that pilots possessed fake licences, as put by the aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar.
The European Commission informed that the aviation department of Pakistan needs to make it’s pilot licensing authority more transparent.
“Issuance of licenses to pilots has to be via a fool-proof protocol,” they added.
The EASA, in the letter, expressed satisfaction over certain steps taken by the Civil Aviation Authority to improve the situation.
