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  • Pakistan makes currency declaration must at air ticket booking

    Pakistan makes currency declaration must at air ticket booking

    KARACHI: Pakistan has made it must for all international air passengers to declare foreign currency at the time of ticket booking.

    The country has taken the decision to comply with the conditions of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for preventing money laundering and terror financing.

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    Sources in Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA) told PkRevenue.com on Thursday that all the passengers intending to go abroad are required to declare currency at the time of booking the international air ticket.

    For outbound flights, airlines may also direct their staff/travel agents to ensure that they provide a copy of the declaration at the time of booking of ticket.

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    “At check-in counters, airlines are directed to issue boarding pass only once the passengers have deposited the declaration with them,” according to a statement issued by the CAA.

    It further said that Pakistan Customs are required to deploy their staff along with airline staff to supervise/assist the passengers at the dedicated facilitation counter inside the check-in hall.

    The airline staff will collect the declarations and hand over the same to the customs staff after the closure of the flight along with the passenger’s manifest.

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    For Inbound Flights, airlines are required to ensure in-flight announcement by the flight crew for every inbound flight for submission of subject declaration wherein the passengers will mention the currency under the regulatory requirements of FATF.

    The airline crew will distribute the declaration during the flight to all the passengers, irrespective of their nationality. The said declaration will be deposited at the customs counter before the immigration desks at International Arrival.

    CAA will provide space and counters for the collection of all declaration forms.

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  • CAA makes QR code must after discovery of fake COVID certificates

    CAA makes QR code must after discovery of fake COVID certificates

    KARACHI: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Pakistan on Monday made QR code with negative COVID results for air travelers arriving into Pakistan.

    The decision has been taken after discovery fake certificates of COVID tests provided by persons at international arrivals.

    In a statement the CAA said that it had been noted with grave concerns that passengers travelling to Pakistan, especially from Gulf States, had tested COVID-19 positive upon arrival despite being in possession of negative PCR test results prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan, as stipulated in the country’s COVID-19 standard operating procedures.

    “Upon conducting an investigation into the issue, it has been found that said passengers travelled to Pakistan using fake PCR negative Test results and therefore endangered not only passengers travelling with them but also undermined the intense efforts being made at the national levels to curb the spread of COVID-19,” the CAA said.

    The CAA said that it was not authority’s responsibility alone but it had to be shared by all concerned stakeholders including airline operators.

    In view of the foregoing, the competent authority directed all the airlines operating to/from Pakistan must ensure:

    All passengers travelling to Pakistan possess PCR test results only from respective government approved labs.

    No test result be accepted without valid QR code certifying the negative test results in the name of a passenger.

    Only original test results/reports are accepts prior to checking in passengers for flights to Pakistan and no copies are accepted.

    Passengers not registered through the pass tract app are not accepted for travel to Pakistan.

    All airline operators operating to/from Pakistan are to ensure strict compliance with the directives and enforce effective mechanism to ensure no such incident of similar nature occurs in the future.

    In case of non-conformance with the directives, Pakistan CAA reserves the right to impose regulatory punitive action against such airline operators including but not limited to financial penalties and revocation of flight authorization.

  • CAA allows six charter flights on US embassy request

    CAA allows six charter flights on US embassy request

    KARACHI: The ministry of foreign affairs has allowed six private charter flights by the US Embassy to airlift passengers in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.

    According to an approval letter issued by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) stated that the request of US Embassy had been approved by the competent authority to operate six special flights i.e. Sofia-Islamabad-Sofia through Omni Air incoming on April 21, 2020, Sharjah-Islamabad-Frankfurt through Atlas Air on April 22, 2020, Sofia-Islamabad-Sofia and Sofia-Karachi-Sofia through Omni Air on April 23, 2020 on April 25, 2020.

    The CAA said that the permission is subject to the condition that no disembarkation of flight crew shall be permitted from the aircraft upon arrival at both Islamabad International Airport, Islamabad and Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

    The permission is also subject to full compliance with revised operational standard operating procedures issued through letter dated April 18, 2020 related to international passenger/charter flights.

  • Worst weather halts flight operation at Skardu Airport

    Worst weather halts flight operation at Skardu Airport

    KARACHI: Worst weather conditions have halted flight operations at the world’s highest airports i.e. Skardu Airport, a statement said on Wednesday.

    Worst weather conditions at Skardu Airport, one of the world’s heighest airports, has halted flight operations.

    Skardu Airport is located at 7500 feet high and is considered one of the tallest airports in the world.

    Skardu Airport is also known as Lifeline Airport.

    Skardu Airport has experienced heavy snow fall from Sunday to Wednesday.

    More then 18 inch snow has been accumulated at airfield during the period.

    Snow removal work from car parking area, access road, runway and maneuvering area started on Tuesday at 09.00 hours Pakistan Standard Time (PST) with all available resources including one snow plough machine (Babcat) and 3 tractors.

    4000 feet of runway from threshold runway 14 has been cleared till Wednesday.

    Runway 14/32 is still blocked due to snow. Local administration is also helping Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in this regard.