Top post at aviation regulator finally filled

Nov 28, 2020 | News

RAWALPINDI: The federal government on Friday appointed retired Flight Lieutenant Khaqan Murtaza as director general of the Civil Aviation Authority, a high-profile position that was vacant for quite some time. A notification on the subject issued by the Establishment...

Info 28.11.2020

Nov 28, 2020 | Info

Dear Members:SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS:-In the prevailing circumstances, PALPA Executive Committee feels it a professional obligation to remind crew on following important aspects: COVID-19As second wave of COVID has started taking toll and world is reverting back to...

Secretary illegally working as acting CAA DG: IHC

Nov 25, 2020 | News

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared on Tuesday that federal Aviation Secretary Hasan Nasir Jami is unlawfully working as acting director general (DG) of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and directed the government to fill the vacant post of CAA DG...

Minister stands by his remarks on pilot licences

Nov 25, 2020 | News

RAWALPINDI: Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said on Tuesday that he stands by his previous statement, given on the floor of the National Assembly regarding pilots with dubious licences. Forensic investigation revealed that 262 of the country’s 860 active pilots...

7,000 PIA employees will be voluntarily laid off: Sarwar

Nov 25, 2020 | News

Federal aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said Tuesday the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan will satisfactorily compensate Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees being laid off voluntarily. Federal Minister Ghulam Sarwar said while PIA requires only...

PIA minimises gathering around biometric machines

Nov 23, 2020 | News

RAWALPINDI: As a precaution to avoid the spread of Covid-19, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced flexible timings to prevent its employees from gathering around biometric machines to mark their attendance. In this regard, PIA’s chief human resource...

New SOE framework

Nov 23, 2020 | News

THE government appears to have finally agreed upon some sort of framework for dealing with state-owned enterprises which have negatively impacted the economy both in terms of fiscal losses and poor, cost-ineffective service delivery. While the full details of the...

The Dangers of Reduced Crew Operations

Nov 6, 2020 | Ifalpa Publications

Abstract There are numerous risks associated with reduced-crew and single-pilot operations. Most prominently, these risks stem from the increased workload for the remaining pilot, the elimination of a critical layer of monitoring and cross-checking and operating...

SPECIAL GENERAL BODY MEETING

Oct 28, 2020 | Notices

ALL PALPA Members, A Special General Body Meeting (SGM) shall be convened on one point agenda i.e. “TO DISCUSS THE BETERIORATING WORKING CONDITIONS, EMOULUMENTS AND DELIBERATE COMPROMISE ON FLIGHT SAFETY, ON THE PART OF THE PIACL MANAGEMENT; THE PIACL...

PIA weighs Rs20bln sukuk to overcome liquidity crisis

Oct 20, 2020 | News

KARACHI: Loss-making Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to raise up to Rs20 billion through sukuk with BankIslami to act as the financial adviser and joint bookrunner, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Sources said the proceeds from the...

Karachi plane crash probe report challenged in LHC

Oct 20, 2020 | News

LAHORE: The report of an inquiry into the Karachi plane crash that had claimed lives of 98 people has been challenged before the Lahore High Court for being “illegal”. The father and a brother of the deceased first officer, Usman Azam, of PK-8303, flight that crashed...

PIA to resume UK operations by 30th

Oct 18, 2020 | News

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to resume its UK operations through European airlines (HiFly) by October 30, 2020. According to the PIA spokesman, the national flag carrier is going to resume its UK operations, which was suspended after a...

PIA’s former MD Haroon arrested for ‘illegal’ hiring

Oct 18, 2020 | News

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday arrested former managing director (MD) of Pakistan Interna­t­ional Air­lines (PIA) and a senior off­i­cer on charges of illegal app­ointment of a Pa­k­­istani American to a sen­­ior position at the nat­ional...

No plan to privatise PIA: aviation minister

Oct 17, 2020 | News

RAWALPINDI:Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said that the government has no plan to privatise the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), rather “we will bring reforms in it”. “The government wants to bring back the airline to its days of glory,”...

Info – APPROACH AND LANDING ACCIDENT REDUCTION (ALAR)

Aug 6, 2020 | Info

Dear Members, اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم   The prime objective of PALPA is Safer Flying. One of the leading global causes of accidents during approach and landing is an unstable approach. The need to fly stabilized approaches is a fundamental requirement to ensure a safe...

All licences issued to pilots are genuine: CAA

Jul 16, 2020 | News

KARACHI: In what appears to be a direct contradiction to the aviation minister’s allegation that almost 40 per cent of Pakistani pilots possessed ‘fake licences’, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that all commercial/airline transport pilots...

Pakistan wants to win back trust after pilot license scandal

Jul 16, 2020 | News

Pakistan’s revelations that a third of its registered pilots were operating on dubious licenses have led to an erosion in its reputation for aviation safety. Now, the country’s information minister tells CNN’s Richard Quest they’d welcome...

Info 13.7.2020

Jul 13, 2020 | Info

Dear Members,اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم    We as a community are braving the most challenging times in history of our existence, thereby making it of utmost importance to stand united. In these unprecedented circumstances, it is indeed need of the hour to...