ISLAMABAD – A flight of the Shaheen Air International will leave for China tonight to bring back stranded Pakistanis in Guangzhou. According to the spokesperson of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Pervez George, the faulty parts of the Shaheen Air’s plane have arrived and will be fixed now.
According to the CAA spokesperson, the Shaheen Air’s plane will take off tonight, adding that the aircraft’s hosepipe has also arrived from abroad. This part of the flight was stuck in Customs clearance, the CAA added.
“We have decided to use our own plane. The part of the plane that was missing has also arrived. The engineers had to change this part of the plane. We hope to get the permission to fly after getting the part changed,” the Shaheen Air International added.
He said the Civil Aviation Authority is also in contact with their counterparts in China to facilitate this arrangement.
Spokesperson of the CAA further said that about 324 passengers are stranded in Guangzhou.
The airline’s international operations — except Hajj flights — were suspended several days ago by the CAA owing to the mounting debt.
The stranded citizens have continued to face immense difficulties amid the blame game between the CAA and Shaheen Air.
A few of them have also reportedly fallen sick as they continue to await their return home for past seven days.
