LAHORE – The first Hajj flight carrying 214 pilgrims took off from Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore for Madina on Thursday. Meanwhile, the flight SV 719 under government scheme carrying 350 intending pilgrims left New Islamabad International Airport for Madina. Immigration and other ...

ISLAMABAD – British Airways has resumed its flight operation to Pakistan after a more than decade long hiatus. The first flight of British Airways (BA- 261) landed at Islamabad International Airport at 9:25 am from Heathrow, London where 240 passengers arrived by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with ...

ISLAMABAD - On the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, a special aircraft will bring back 320 Pakistanis from Malaysia on Wednesday (May 29) enabling them to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their families. According to the Radio Pakistan, a special plane of Pakistan International Airlines will bring ...

LAHORE - The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in a fresh NOTAM issued today said that Pakistan airspace will remain closed for all operations till 04th March 2019. The NOTAM also added that the flight operations from Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta international airports have been resumed ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday ordered to suspend the licences of 16 pilots and 65 cabin crew members for holding fake degrees. The decision was taken by a three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, during the hearing of ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities to complete of verification of educational degrees held by pilots and cabin crew members by December 28. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar issued the orders while hearing a suo motu case taken ...

ISLAMABAD - Members of opposition on Thursday staged a walkout from the National Assembly, the first since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has formed the government, over what they called the use of non-parliamentary language by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. Expressing anger, they ...

KARACHI - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has removed Zia Qadir Qureshi as chief operations officer (COO) after terminating his contract with the national flag-carrier. The termination letter of the former PIA COO details that Qureshi was terminated after a bi-annual performance review of his ...

ISLAMABAD - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Wednesday took notice of the media reports about misuse of authority by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials. Director General CAA allegedly took a group of friends for a special tour of Nanga Parbat on a ...

ISLAMABAD - A report submitted to Supreme Court of Pakistan stated that Bhoja Air, whose Boeing 737–236 aircraft had crashed in Islamabad, had asked the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to grant the aircraft permission to fly without an Airworthiness Certificate. The report was submitted by the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court has issued orders to remove the name of retired captain Shujaat Azeem, former special assistant to the prime minister on aviation, from the Exit Control List. The apex court was hearing a suo motu case on Thursday on the reported privatisation and poor financial ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered an inquiry against the former aviation head Shujaat Azeem, directing to place his name on the Exit Control List (ECL). The directives were issued by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday over Azeem's alleged mismanagement in ...

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday passed an order to place the names of all former managing directors of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) from the last ten years on the no-fly list. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, who is heading a three-member bench, issued the orders while ...

ISLAMABAD - The PML-N govt will try to privatise its national airline before general elections due this year, Privatisation Minister Daniyal Aziz said, as the ruling party seeks to restart sales of state-run businesses. Pakistan International Airlines(PIA), haemorrhaging money and losing market ...

KARACHI - Fresh concerns have emerged about the Pakistan International Airline’s ageing ATRs after one suffered a serious fuel leak in mid-air. One of the passengers on board PK-536, travelling from Karachi to Sukkur, spotted some liquid dripping out of engine and near the wing. Asif Siddiqui, a ...

LAHORE - The last flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) landed in New York on Sunday, ending a 56 years old flight operations to the United States. PIA's PK-711 landed at 4:00am with 300 passengers at John F Kennedy Airport on Sunday. It was a matter of great concern for passengers ...