For a government struggling to find revenue to boost a COVID-19 battered economy, options of appeal against the arbitration award are limited and it may not have the financial bandwidth for such a payout

The loss, however, was significantly lesser than 2018-19, as Air India carried out massive evacuation operation of stranded Indians from overseas since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in sequential improvement in its financial performance

Minister of Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan told the media that 260 of the country's 860 active pilots had either fake licences or had cheated in their exams

This is the fifth time Air India's flights from India have been banned by the Hong Kong government for bringing passengers who tested positive for the pathogen after arrival

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has failed to meet the international norms related to the personnel licensing and training in relation to the licensing process for pilot,  says ICAO

A Pakistani aviation ministry official told that the country has not issued any new licenses since July, in the wake of the scandal

The CAA was tasked by the Supreme Court on July 21 to immediately complete an inquiry against pilots of the national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), following revelation by the aviation minister about fake documents of scores of pilots

The decision, disclosed on an FAA spreadsheet dated July 15 that was posted on an agency website and confirmed by an agency official, means the U.S. air safety agency determined Pakistan does not achieve international standards and now has a Category 2 rating

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The information is contained in a revocation of special authorisation dated July 1 provided by the department to Reuters on Friday

National carrier Malaysia Airlines said it does not have any Pakistani pilot, Malindo Air, the Malaysian arm of Indonesia's Lion Air, said it does not have any foreign pilots, and AirAsia said it does not have any Pakistani pilot

In a statement, the PIA said that all passengers booked on its flights to European sectors will have the option to either extend their bookings for a later date or get full refunds

The suspension will be in effect until further notice from CAAV, it said, adding that the authority is coordinating with Pakistani authorities to review the pilots' profiles

The action was prompted by a preliminary report on the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft in Karachi last month, which found pilots had failed to follow standard procedures

Locust swarms, which have crossed over to India from Pakistan, have been causing havoc in states like - Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh - ravaging crops for over a month now

Pakistan's civil aviation authority has found that some 150 of PIA's 434 pilots have \"dubious licences\", the airline said

Out of 860 pilots, 262 pilots did not give the exam themselves and asked someone else to sit on their behalf, Pakistan Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said

A total of 97 people including the aircraft crew died in the crash, one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in Pakistan's history

Pakistan plane crash: PIA has emptied its airport hotels so that residents whose houses were affected in the crash can be accommodated