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EASA withdraws approval for Pakistan International Airlines aircraft

Islamabad, Pakistan - The agency will lead new prior inspections

The engineering and maintenance division of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has obtained approval from EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) in 2004. Notwithstanding, the European agency raised new concerns about the airworthiness of PIA aircraft in September 2011. Moreover, French regulators had forced the carrier to ferry an Airbus A-310/300 back to Pakistan for remedial maintenance after...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1138794
Rome, Italy, 03/20/2012 14:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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