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Pakistan's flag carrier banned from UK

Air
Gary Noakes
1 July 2020

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been banned from the UK for six months over concerns about some of its pilots’ licences.

PIA has been permitted to resume operations to and from the UK

PIA serves Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham and now faces a ban after the European Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) – which the UK remains a member of until the end of this year – suspended its authorisation for the remainder of 2020.

PIA confirmed: “Easa has temporarily suspended PIA’s authorisation to operate to the EU member states for a period of six months effective 1 July 2020 with the right to appeal against this decision.”