Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to suspend all services for Shaheen Air International flights, except those operating on the Saudi Arabia route, because of its default on payment of one-and-a-half billion rupees to the authority.
"CAA decided to discontinue all the airport services nationwide for the international flights of Shaheen Air International except its Saudi Arab's flights from July 16 on non-payment of Rs 1.5 billion dues," the authority said in a statement. The authority said the airline defaulted on payment to CAA on account of various levies.
The authority said the CAA issued repeated reminders to the airline for payment of dues, but it failed to pay. It said the CAA had warned passengers who were traveling abroad by Shaheen Air flights to make alternate arrangements from July 16. It is worth mentioning here that CAA has already cancelled the permission of schedule for international flight NL 221/224 of Shaheeh Air of Islamabad-Dubai-Islamabad sector with effect from July 13, 2018.