Shaheen Air not permitted to bring back passengers stranded in China

Author: Abrar Hamza

KARACHI: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has stopped Shaheen Air International (SAI) flight bearing number NL 892 from departing to Guangzhou, China on technical grounds. The flight was supposed to fly to Guangzhou today to bring back Pakistani passengers from the city.

Almost 300 passengers have been stranded on the Guangzhou airport since 29th July as all Shaheen Air flights, except their Hajj flights, were cancelled by the CAA over the matter of debt payments amounting to 1.5 billion PKR.

Also read: CJP issues notice to private airline over mismanagement

Following the Supreme Court’s notice into the matter, the CCA permitted Shaheen Air to bring back the passengers.

Shaheen Air Director Marketing Zohaib Hassan voiced concerns over the aviation authority’s decision to stop them saying the CAA raised a technical issue with the aircraft on the last minute which would cause inconvenience for the passengers.

‘It also raises CAA doubts about their intentions against Shaheen Air,’ said the director marketing.

“We are now in contact with other charter carrier companies and without the support of CAA, the aircraft will bear the expenses on its own to bring back Pakistani passengers to the country,” said Zohaib.

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