The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded Pakistan’s air safety rating after the company raised considerations about pilot certifications.
The choice, disclosed on an FAA spreadsheet dated July 15 that was posted on an company web site and confirmed by an company official, means the U.S. air safety company decided Pakistan doesn’t obtain worldwide requirements and now has a Category 2 rating.
Pakistan final month grounded virtually a 3rd of its pilots after discovering they might have falsified their {qualifications}. The Pakistani embassy in Washington didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The new rating means Pakistan airways may very well be topic to further inspections at U.S. airports and couldn’t add further flights.
An organization spokesman instructed Reuters final week the airline was planning to develop the present particular flights preparations to reinitiate a daily schedule from Pakistan to the U.S. to offer direct flights.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation stated it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to conduct constitution flights to the U.S.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has suspended PIA’s authorization to fly to the bloc for six months in a blow to the provider’s operations.
Pakistan’s grounding of pilots with doubtful credentials adopted the crash of a PIA jet in May that killed 97 folks.
