ISLAMABAD: With the aim to expand flight operations, five more aircraft would be added soon to the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) fleet.
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Aviation Shujaat Azeem said this while talking to a private news channel. He said that some 15 aircraft had already been added in the fleet of 37 and with addition of five more by the current year end, the total strength would become 42.
“For the first time a professional board has been constituted. Moreover, competent people is being hired, including some Germans in the marketing department,” he said, adding that more than 300 employees holding fake degrees had been terminated.
Replying to a question, he said that the age of an operational aircraft had been reduced to nine years from 14, which would be further decreased to six. Azeem said that after lapse of 15 years, an aviation policy was being formulated on the directives of the prime minister. Under the policy, investment in the sector would be exempted from tax. Only the revenue generated would be taxed, he said.
