This seems appropriate... European Union bans PIA The European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has banned Pakistan International Airlines from operating flights to member countries for a period of six months. The ban will kick in as of July 1, and last through December 31, 2020. As a spokesperson for the airline confirms: “EASA has…
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haha they did not learn anything in 2007 when they were banned for poor maintenance
6 months? that is all? RIght now there aren't many flights into EU anyway and it will take at least 6 months to ramp things up. So this isn't anything harmful to PIA. Where is FAA in this?
EASA outshining the FAA once again. Another case of how effective the regulatory agencies of the EU are. I am so sad the UK is leaving the EU for this reason and sincerely hope that Britain will continue to follow all EU regulations after brexit.
@Daniel: there is no such international regulation which says all aviation authorities have to follow EASA or any other agencies. They are all independent. So let them be independent and take their own decisions.
@endre you may be right in the sense that with the current situation the effect of the ban on PIA may not be as considerable, but from what a Pakistani friend of mine told me, PIA's winter flights to the UK tend to be packed (which isn't a surprise given how large the UK's Pakistani community is).
Yes, travel won't fully recover by Christmas, but I wouldn't really consider this to not be harmful for PIA. Especially when considering that they'll have to get the necessary proof to justify their airworthiness to EASA
I think this *does* include the UK. Because what the EASA are saying isn't that they're not just prohibited from operating to/from EU airports, it's also that they're banned from EU airspace. So unless PIA wants a lengthy detour through the Middle East and North Africa, they have to suspend UK flights as well.
To all intents and purposes the UK is still a member of the EU until 31st December 2020.
The reason the FAA isn't on this is that PIA stopped serving the United States in 2017. Because of the terrible security situation in Pakistan, the American authorities had required the inbound flight to JFK to stop in Manchester for a security check before continuing to New York. But the flight has been gone for a while now. So this isn't an issue for American regulators.
The real question is what the Canadian regulators will do. PIA continues to serve Toronto, though the flights may be suspended due to COVID-19.
Keep "shining" EASA as Daniel would say and allow Iran's terrorist airline to continue flying over your heads.
@ray @chrisC I know that UK is following EU regulations until December 2020. I was expressing concern about what could happen after then if there was regulatory divergence.
@anon @christian Okay, but did the FAA ban PIA from flying in US Airspace as well?
@Daniel Why don't you look at a map and tell us on which routes PIA is using US airspace. Dumb as Trump.
Why are the comments here looking for punishment: "This won't hurt PIA..." ??
Isn't the entire point just to make sure that all airlines that land in the EU are safe? The point is, surely, to stop landings until the situation has been fixed. If it hasn't they'll extend it.
@Anon: In a sane world, Canada would ban PIA too. Of course, Justin wouldn't want to risk offending the Pakistani community, so my guess is we won't actually do it. Instead, we'll probably just get another one of his speeches about how Canada is a diverse and welcoming nation that values connections to all parts of the world (bonus points if he refers to Canada as a village or uses the term "racialized"; if he manages to blame the whole thing on colonialism you win the jackpot).
Pakistan has been corrupted to the core. Failure of previous governments is coming to light. Before current government came to power PIA was on the brink of collapse. This was done on purpose so that individuals in the previous government could gain financially.
I’m sure any country that is accepting this carrier to land will now ban it, no loss it was a crap airline but sad for its country
@Arcanum, why are you criticizing Trudeau for saying that Canada is a diverse and welcoming country? These are positive things. It sounds like you don't want Canada to be diverse and welcoming or to have connections to all parts of the world. It sounds like you don't want black and brown people here in Canada. Your comments sound a lot like racism, and I'm calling you out on it.