CAA restricts travel capacity, adds to agony of Pakistani citizens

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), on Wednesday, issued a new travel advisory on international flights amid the coronavirus pandemic which will remain in force till July 15, 2021.

According to the details, the press release said that due to the pandemic, on the instructions of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the CAA had allowed international flights arriving in Pakistan to operate with 20 percent passengers.

However, the international inbound flights were enhanced to 40 percent only for direct flights from the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Europe, Malaysia and China with effect from July 01, 2021.

For international travelers, the constantly shifting price of airline tickets is one of the hottest topics, as well as the biggest issues. Right after this press release, two international airlines have cancelled their scheduled flights for Pakistan from the United States (US).

With 20 percent passengers onboard in a transatlantic flight, the prices of air tickets have skyrocketed as the airlines balance these prices against the passenger capacity, and a myriad other indicators.

Will the Civil Aviation Authority bare these expenses? Will they accommodate the passengers who wish to come back to their homeland?

People seeking to enter Pakistan are facing immense problems and mental agony due to the cancellation of their flights by several foreign airlines in wake of capacity restrictions.

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As per details, Turkish and Qatar International Airlines have cancelled their flights from the US to Pakistan that were scheduled in the first week of July. However, a CAA spokesman said that foreign airlines were responsible for the cancellation of bookings of passengers arriving in Pakistan.

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CAA needs to think well about the possible consequences before making such decisions. The civil aviation in Pakistan is inherently defective and any meaningful improvements in the CAA are impossible unless substantive changes are implemented.

It should be of no surprise to anyone if CAA’s performance is not up to the mark as the regulator failed to have a full-time director general (DG) since 2018, moreover it works under a board which solely consists of the civil and air force bureaucracy. As of 2018, the secretaries, aviation division, are also holding the additional charge of acting director general of the CAA.

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