European Union Bans Pakistani Airline Flights Due To Safety Issues

For the next six months, the European Union Safety Agency has suspended Pakistan Airline Flights. The decision is taken after the grounding of 150 pilots over the dubious license. It raised the concerns over the abilities of the pilots that either they comply with the international aviation standards or not.

According to the sources, the investigation by Pakistan showed a large number of the pilot’s license to be invalid. Temporarily the Pakistan Airline Flights will be discontinued from 1st July 2020. However, PIA has the right to appeal within two months.

PIA Plane Crash:

Previously PIA airplane was crashed that raised the question on the capabilities of the authorities. That disastrous incident had claimed the life of the 97 people and afterward, the investigation was carried out to specify the reason behind this plane crash. After the initial inquiry, it was found that a human error might be responsible for this havoc.

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Announcement of PIA:

Following this announcement by EASA, PIA said that they are working on the corrective measure and will appeal to the European Union safety agency to lift this ban so that the flight operation can be continued.

Suspension of Vision Air International

Besides PIA, the European Union Safety Agency has also banned the authorization of another airline that is Vision Air International. It happened due to the mismanagement of the authorities and the pilots do not meet the qualification and education criteria needed.

Proclamation of UK Civil Aviation Authority

After the EASA’s decision, the UK Civil Aviation Authority has banned the PIA Flight Operation from the three main airports such as Manchester, Birmingham, and London Heathrow. These are considered as the main destination from where the PIA flights operated to various places.

Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association

The Pakistan Pilot Association demanded the fair inspection and said that there are inconsistencies in the list of the pilots issued by the government over the issue of doubtful license. Furthermore, the Pakistani pilots and their union asked the government to do the judicial investigation to tackle this issue so that it can be solved.

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PIA and Air Blue Airline mentioned that their pilots on the issued list had retired or left the airline and they are no longer employers of these airlines. On the other hand, some educated and qualified pilots have been included in the list so the pilots want an impartial resolution to sort out this matter

As per details of the Aviation Ministry of Pakistan, they still did not have complete information on the discrepancies. So the officials are currently working on this matter and the discussions are being made with the civil aviation authorities and the airlines.

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