Strategy devised to meet aviation challenges, says Mahtab

KARACHI: Adviser to PM on Aviation Sardar Mahtab Ahmed Khan has said that comprehensive strategy has been devised to cope with the modern-era challenges posed to the aviation sector due to the continuous growth in air traffic.

“A principled decision has been taken to review and redefine the aviation policy and to restructure the civil aviation authority along with level-playing field to upgrade the performance of airlines as per the requirements of contemporary markets and customers,” he said while chairing a high-level meeting during his visit to the headquarters of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday.

Secretary Aviation Irfan Ilahi, Director General CAA Air Marshal (retd) Asim Suleman and other high officials of the aviation division and CAA were also among the attendees.

A detailed briefing was given to the adviser regarding the functioning and working procedure of the organisation.

The adviser asked the authority to present a report after consultation with all airlines in this regard. He said, “All-out efforts have been made to provide the best available facilities to passengers.”