KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) former CEO Bernd Hilden has shown his willingness to return to Pakistan to respond to the allegations levelled against him.
However, he is being barred by a few ‘influential ‘figures. These people, sources revealed, fear that Hilden will expose important facts about PIA.
The national carrier’s administration had issued a show cause notice to him demanding an explanation over selling a flight-worthy aircraft (A-310) of the airlines to a German museum at a throwaway price. The notice bore signatures of the former HR director. Hilden’s lawyer had later submitted a detailed answer to it.
Sources close to Hilden claimed that director transport Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was approached for granting permission to send the aircraft to Germany. Without CAA’s permission, no aircraft can fly from the airport.
