*The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has imposed a fine of Rs100,000 onTurkish Airlines for boarding two passengers without proof of a negativeRT-PCR test of the novel coronavirus.*
As per the notification issued by the authority on Friday, the airlineallowed two passengers to board its flight TK0584 from Istanbul to Lahorewithout proof of negative RT-PCR test.
The passengers are from Senegal, who came from Dakar and took a connectingflight from Istanbul to Lahore.
Both countries are listed as a Category B countries by Pakistan, whichmeans that inbound passengers landing in Pakistan have to get a PCR test atleast 96 hours before traveling.
Following the violation, Turkish Airlines has been fined for Rs100,000.
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Any recurrent violation of COVID-19 related SOPs shall be dealt with in amore stringent manner including but not limited to revocation of operatingauthorization granted to Turkish Airlines for flight operations to/fromPakistan, the CAA warned.
Turkish Airlines had previously been warned and fined for similarviolations on October 13 and 21.
