KARACHI – Shaheen Airlines gets the worst blow as the Civil AviationAuthority (CAA) has suspended it’s international operations.
CAA has refused to extend the Regular Public Transport (RPT) License ofShaheen Air International (SAI) over non payment of about Rs 1.4 billionarriors.
In this connection, a meeting was held on Friday between the SAI and CAAmanagement whereby the airline requested the regulatory authority to extendits RPT License. Due to the non-payment of dues, the CAA refused to extendthe license.
Zohaib Hassan, Director Marketing, SAI stated after the meeting “RPTlicense is automatically extended every quarter. However during the meetingtoday between our management and CAA, the regulator refused to extend thelicense thereby risking the journey of the Hujjaj that were supposed to flywith us”.
He further added “CAA had assured us that no action would be taken duringthe post Hajj operation to ensure smooth management of the journey of theHujjaj who will be coming back to their homeland after performing theblessed pilgrimage. The honorable court had also ordered the same. CAA hasagain violated the honorable court orders”.
Shaheen Air had four A330 and two A320 planes registered on CAA rule bookwhich were pre-requisites for international operation as per CAA. Thesuspension of license has halted the post Hajj operation of the airline.