Islamabad: The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) issued directives to the country’s major airline operators in order to promote tourism, according to a news source. The body has made it mandatory for all PIA, AirBlue and SereneAir flights to operate 5% of their total available seat capacity on primary and socioeconomic routes in order to promote domestic tourism.
These instructions were shared during the 2nd Meeting of Aviation Oversight Committee presided over by Secretary Aviation/DGCAA Shahrukh Nusrat at PCAA headquarters on Wednesday. Nusrat said that the decision had been taken under the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Now, all scheduled air carriers shall be required to operate at least 5% of their total capacity – available seat kilometres (ASKs), on primary and socioeconomic routes in Pakistan.
He further said that PCAA has submitted a proposal for further relaxation in aircraft age requirements -especially for air cargo and flying schools- as stated in Annex-G of National Aviation Policy (NAP)-2019. These proposals have been approved by CAA and the matter is now in consideration at the Aviation Division for approval.
