At Jinnah International Airport in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, a two-person Canada team started its aviation security evaluation on Monday, according to the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA).
Members of the delegation, transportation security inspectors Barbara and Abdul Tahir, will evaluate the application of various aviation security procedures during their four days in the nation.
Additionally, the inspectors will check the extra security measures put in place for Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) direct flights to Canada.
The team consists of inspectors Barbara Durette and Abdel Tahir from Transport Canada, a Canadian government agency in charge of air, sea, road, and rail transportation policies and services.
It met at the PCAA headquarters with representatives from Pakistan. The four days of the assessment will be devoted to reviewing paperwork related to aviation security, airport setup, catering, and cargo complexes.
“Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is implementing special security measures for direct flights to Canada, and the team will be inspecting the implementation of various aviation security protocols at the airport,” the PCAA stated in a statement.
Transport Canada and the PCAA claimed that the examination is an extension of their joint efforts to raise aviation security standards in the nation of South Asia.
Pakistan’s aviation security system has been the subject of five international evaluations in the last several months. The PCAA had said that it has passed every prior inspection, including the initial July 5 assessment of the airports in Islamabad and Karachi by the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (UAE-GCAA).
Since 2020, Pakistan’s aviation policies have come under intense criticism due to a scandal involving the allegations that 262 out of 860 active pilots had gotten phony certificates, which resulted in the grounding of around 150 pilots from the PIA and other carriers.
Following the fatal crash of PIA aircraft 8303 in Karachi, which led to the suspension of PIA’s operations in the EU and other regions, this revelation came in response to requests for regulatory reforms to enhance safety standards and transparency.
