UK Aviation Team to Visit Pakistan in January 2025 for Resumption of Pakistani Airlines Flights

[Abbas Ali]

Express News

An online meeting between UK aviation officials and Pakistan CAA officials expected in the third week of December 2024.

UK Department for Transport (DfT)/UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) team expected to arrive in Pakistan in the third week of January 2025 to visit/review Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) before making decision on the resumption of Pakistani airlines commercial transport flights to UK suspended since July 2020.

Lifting of UK restrictions on Pakistani airlines flights expected in January/February 2025.

Resumption of PIA flights to UK expected in March 2025.

Before the suspension of PIA flights to UK in July 2020, the airline was operating around 21 weekly flights to UK from Pakistan including 10 to London, 9 to Manchester and 2 to Birmingham.

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[planefan2003]

I saw the tweet linked below, is there any truth to this?

https://x.com/ethanby02017796/status/18 ... 71356?s=46

[Abbas Ali]

Express News

UK Department for Transport (DfT)/UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) team arriving in Karachi this month for safety audit of Pakistan CAA.

Permission to Pakistani airlines to resume flights to UK expected in the month of February.

Abbas

[adamalikhan]

Why does Pakistani media use images of aircrafts not used by the airline currently?

[Abbas Ali]

ARY News

Removal of UK restriction on Pakistani aircraft commercial flights expected this month, said CEO PIA Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat in Paris.

PIA to resume flights between Pakistan and UK soon, he said.


ARY News

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[Abbas Ali]

UK aviation/transport team due to visit Pakistan this month for physical inspections/checks, informed Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during Senate session in Islamabad today.

UK team can take up to eight weeks to prepare/submit result report of Pakistan visit.

Resumption of Pakistani airlines' commercial flights to & from UK expected in March/April this year, Dar said.

Abbas

[behramjee]

One needs to see what slot exchange contract PIA had already made for IATA S25 season before getting too excited.

If they have not as yet given up their S25 LHR slots to TK then they can take them back from W25 season onwards and in the meantime fly to LGW or STN in S25.

If in a worse case scenario, LHR is not possible in S25 then they should just focus S25 season flying ISB-UK i.e. 6 weekly ISB-LON + 5 weekly ISB-MAN.

Remember PIA needs its B777s in June-July for the Hajj pilgrimage too !

BHX should not be launched by PIA until LHR + MAN are stable.

[Abbas Ali]

UK aviation/DfT team expected to arrive in Pakistan in the last week of January, according to news reports.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

7-member UK Department for Transport (DfT) team on Pakistan visit to conduct Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) physical audit from January 27 to February 6. Pakistan CAA departments including personnel licensing, airworthiness and flight standards to undergo UK team audit process.



Pakistan CAA fully prepared to undergo UK audit. Positive outcome of UK audit of Pakistan CAA as Pakistan's aviation regulatory body will enable Pakistani airlines to resume commercial passenger/cargo flights to & from UK suspended since July 2020.

Pakistan CAA as Pakistan's aviation regulatory body is responsible for standards and safety of Pakistani airlines.


Express News

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[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Headquarters in Karachi visited by UK Department for Transport (DfT) team.

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[Abbas Ali]

According to news reports:

UK Department for Transport (DfT) team met PIA officials and received briefing on Safety Management System (SMS) implemented by the airline.

A Safety Management System (SMS) is a systematic approach to managing safety in aviation and other safety critical industries. Airlines that implement an SMS are able to identify and mitigate safety risks that they are exposed to during their day-to-day operation, ultimately improving safety performance.

https://www.iata.org/en/programs/safety ... nt-system/

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[Abbas Ali]

UK Department for Transport (DfT) team has completed its visit to Pakistan that included physical audit of Pakistan CAA. The 7-member UK team is going to depart from Pakistan on February 7.

Audit positive result will enable resumption of Pakistani airlines' commercial passenger/cargo flights to & from UK suspended since July 2020.

Preparation and release of audit result report by UK DfT can take some weeks, according to news sources.

Abbas

[AP-BGY]

UK Department for Transport (DfT) team has completed its visit to Pakistan that included physical audit of Pakistan CAA. The 7-member UK team is going to depart from Pakistan on February 7.

Audit positive result will enable resumption of Pakistani airlines' commercial passenger/cargo flights to & from UK suspended since July 2020.

Preparation and release of audit result report by UK DfT can take some weeks, according to news sources.

Abbas

Abbas bhai, does PIA plan on starting LHR immediately or is MAN / BHM the first priority?

[Abbas Ali]

^ Like others, I'm also waiting for official PIA announcement with UK flight details after the airline gets permission from UK authorities.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

UK Department for Transport (DfT) visit to Pakistan for Pakistan CAA audit report/result expected in 1 to 2 months.

Resumption of Pakistani airlines flights to & from UK expected from June this year.

Info source: https://e.jang.com.pk/detail/845215