The three officials said that the flag bearer of the Islamic country, the flag carrier of the Islamic country, would not appeal against the six-month ban, thwarting the already epidemic change plans of the ailing airline.
The European
Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said in a statement that it had flown to
block the PIA in June due to safety concerns, just days after the country-subdued
dozens of its pilots over alleged dubious qualifications. Was, banned.
"We
have decided that appealing at this stage will be fruitful."
The deadline
to appeal is August 31.
Two civil
aviation officials told Reuters that all parties agreed that the appeal would
be a futile exercise until the regulatory framework is reformed and a full
investigation into the pilot scandal is completed.
Civil
aviation officials declined to be, named. The government and the Pakistan Civil
Aviation Authority did not respond to requests for comment.
Failure to
appeal means the ban will remain in place until the end of 2020. One year in
which PIA will implement a new business plan to make the company profitable by
2023. Amsterdam
With a loss
of over 4 billion, PIA was already struggling financially when flights were
grounded’ in March due to an epidemic. Just as it resumed operations in May, a
PIA domestic flight in Karachi crashed, killing 97 of the 99 people on board.
Preliminary
investigations identified a number of safety failures, and authorities revealed
that nearly one-third of PIA pilots had declared their qualifications invalid,
leading to the EASA, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) A) and
other regulators are signaling a ban on PIA flights.
The PIA had already suspended commercial
flights to the United States before the ban, but was flying charter flights and
intended to resume operations there soon.
The European embargo damaged its revenues
from overseas sectors such as London, Manchester and Birmingham, which were to
be the cornerstone of the PIA's transformation strategy.
BREAK Evening
The PIA administration's business plan
last year saw the UK's routes and new European destinations as its key
strategy, adding at least seven new aircraft to its fleet by 2022. Was also
included.
"2020 will be a break-even year,
followed by a return to profits in 2023," according to a Reuters review.
It has not been, generalized.
Khan said the expansion plans are still
pending and the airline intends to review its revised strategy in consultation
with the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The IATA, which is due to launch PIA's
operational safety audit this week, said the audit process was standard after
registered airlines were involved in plane crashes.
In an email to Reuters, Albert Tjoeng,
IATA's assistant director of corporate communications for Asia Pacific, said
IATA could not confirm or discuss the body's consulting plans, citing trade
secrets. Is.
"This is a routine audit as a result
of which every airline gets an operational clearance certificate. Khan of PIA
said that PIA teams are ready for the audit.
As stated in its key strategy, PIA's plan
to dismantle non-core businesses such as food catering and ground handling
remains on track and to hire an international consultant for legacy loan
advice. Has also been decided.
The business plan states that PIA's share
of international flights to Pakistan fell to 27% in 2019 from 42% a few years
ago.
In addition to operational matters, the
report cited competition from Middle Eastern airlines as the main reason for
the decline in market share, and suggested that Pakistan open its doors to
allow PIAs to be more competitive. Review the strategy of the heavens.
However, the recent ban threatens to
further jeopardize PIA's market share, such as the announcement of direct
flights to Pakistan to ban PIAs such as the Virgin Atlantic. A spokesman said a
new estimate for PIA's market share was being calculated’ adding that the
airline's management believed that global traffic was slowing down due to
epidemics. Reduction on an annual basis "will not be as brutal as
predicted".
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