Islamabad, May 7, 2025 —Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan has officially restored full flight operations across major cities after a temporary suspension triggered by Indian overnight airstrikes on civilian areas.
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Pakistan Civil Aviation Strengthens COVID-19 Preventions
Karachi, January 7, 2024 – In response to the escalating global COVID-19 situation, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has reinforced its commitment to public health by implementing stringent preventative measures across major airports nationwide.
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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
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.
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PCAA imposes penalty on Qatar Airlines
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs100,000 on Qatar Airlines for violating SOPs related to COVID-19.
A statement on Friday said that the government of Pakistan has taken serious notice of violation of SOPs on International flight by Qatar Airlines which resulted in putting the health and safety of the passengers as well as personnel working at the Airport at risk.
PCAA has imposed fine of Rs100,000 on the Qatar Airlines.
The Airline shall also be responsible for all expenses incurred on the testing of COVID-19 and Quarantine, etc.
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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.
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Pakistan aviation issues procedures for international flights to minimize COVID-19 risks
KARACHI: The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has implemented new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for international flights to minimize the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures, detailed in a recent directive, are designed to ensure the safety of passengers and crew members during air travel to and from Pakistan.
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Pakistan suspends all international flight operation to prevent coronavirus spread
ISLAMABAD, March 21, 2020 – Pakistan has decided to suspend the operation of all international flights with immediate effect in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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International arrivals restricted to three airports to control coronavirus spread
KARACHI: Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA) has implemented the decision of National Security Council and issued notification to restrict international arrivals at three major airports of the country.
The authority restricted the international arrivals at airports included: Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore; Islamabad International Airport; and Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
Earlier, the NSC had decided to limit the international passengers to few airports of the country in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The CAA said that international aircraft operation would remain suspended from remaining airports of the country to control the spread of COVID-19.
The authority asked the operators having scheduled operation from the airports being closed for international operations to reschedule their flights as an alternative option to AIIAP Lahore, IIAP Islamabad and JIAP Karachi during lean traffic period at these airports.
1. A National Coordination Committee for COVID-19, to be convened by SAPM on Health, has been established to monitor the situation and make necessary decisions on a daily basis. The Committee will have representation of all provinces and relevant civilian and military stakeholders.
2. NDMA will be the lead operational agency and will coordinate its efforts with the provincial and district authorities for necessary implementation of the preventive and curative actions.
3. All educational/technical institutions, public and private, at all levels will remain closed for three weeks across the country.
4. The entire Western border will be closed for two weeks for all human and commercial traffic. Sost border will continue to remain closed for two further weeks.
5. The Kartarpur Corridor will be closed for Pakistanis. Indian pilgrims will be allowed to continue visiting.
6. Outgoing and incoming international flights will only be allowed at the Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad airports. Screening and administrative measures at these airports will be reinforced immediately.
7. Reinforcement of screening and administrative measures at all sea ports will also be ensured.
8. All public gatherings will be banned with immediate effect. Wedding halls and cinemas will be closed for two weeks. Large conferences will also be barred for the same period. Remaining PSL matches may be conducted without any crowd.
9. Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony and Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology will reach out to Ulema and all relevant stakeholders to work out the modalities for management of congregational religious services in light of the Corona Virus.
10. Honorable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Honorable Chief Justices of the provincial High Courts will be requested to:
(i) instruct all courts not to schedule cases of civil nature for three weeks.
(ii) Judicial Magistrates and Session Court Judges to visit the concerned jails for three weeks to process remand and bail cases.
11. No visitors will be allowed to visit prisoners in jails for three weeks.
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Pakistan suspends flight operation with China on coronavirus threat
KARACHI: Pakistan has suspended direct flight operation to China in wake of coronavirus threat. The direct flight operation will remain suspend till February 02, 2020, said a notification issued by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The notification said: “all direct flight operations between Pakistan and China are to be stalled on immediate basis, initially till 2nd February, 2020, subject to subsequent review.”
The CAA intimated about the government decision to Air China Pakistan and China Southern Airlines.
Major airlines of the world have already suspended some flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak. The airlines that have already suspended flight operations are included: Lufthansan, Air Tanzania, American Airlines, British Airways, FinnAir, Air Canada etc.
The some of the airlines have suspended flights due to massive drop in demand.
BBC reported that death toll from the coronavirus outbreak had rise to 170. It reported quoting Chinese health authorities that there were 7,711 confirmed cases in the country as of January 29, 2020.