Five aviation firms allege delay in license renewal

Sources say planes of these companies were not getting permission to be airborne because of the licences issue

KARACHI:

Flight operations of five training companies have been disrupted due to the delay in the renewal of their licences by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) because of some technical reasons, sources said on Friday.

According to an Express News report, two of the 5 affected aviation companies belonged to Lahore while one each from Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. The sources said that the planes of these companies were not getting permission to be airborne because of the licences issue.

According to the sources issue arose because of the inclusion of KIBOR in the companies’ bills. however, a spokesperson for the CAA said that the licences renewal process was going on, adding that the licences would be issued when the process was completed.

It is not correct to say that any company had been stopped from functioning, the CAA spokesperson said. When asked about the KIBOR issue, the spokesperson said that a board meeting would take the final decision on KIBOR charges.