KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has reportedly slapped a fine of Rs100,000 on Qatar Airways for violating the set standard operating procedures (SOPs).
According to details, the CAA imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on Qatar Airways for violating the set SOPs laid out by the airports and aviation regulatory authorities. The SOPs were designed to allow the resumption of flight operations among countries that had previously been halted to curb the spread of the global pandemic.
According to sources, the local aviation authority’s senior joint secretary has fined Qatar Airways a penalty of Rs100,000 for failing to follow through on the SOPs. Other than the penalty, the airline will be responsible for conducting Covid-19 tests of all the onboard passengers and will bear the expenses of quarantining them alongside the miscellaneous that incur.
The CAA, just two days back, also issued a new travel advisory for the passengers that, too, in a move to contain novel coronavirus spread.
According to a travel advisory issued by the CAA authorities, the passengers reaching Pakistan from abroad have been divided into two categories.
As many as 30 countries including, China, Japan, New Zealand, Turkey, Saudi Arabia have been placed in ‘A’ category and passengers travelling from this category are not bound to go through PCR test for coronavirus while travelling to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus test has been declared mandatory for the passengers travelling from the countries, who are placed in ‘B’ category by the CAA before 96 hours.
