PIA decides not to further appeal six month flight ban to the EU

2 September, 2020

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) reportedly decided not to file a further appeal against EASA's suspension of PIA's approval to operate services to the EU for a six month period, effective 01-Jul-2020 to 31-Dec-2020 (Dawn, 01-Sep-2020). As previously reported by CAPA, EASA suspended the approval following the grounding of approximately 150 PIA pilots due to concerns regarding the validity of their pilot licences.