Pak airline chief resigns
Afp, Karachi
The chairman of Pakistan's national airline has resigned, officials said yesterday, following a European Union safety ban imposed on most of its ageing fleet. Tariq Kirmani, the chief of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), had also been under pressure due to the state-owned carrier's mounting losses. "Pakistan International Airlines chairman Tariq Kirmani has resigned and so far there is no replacement," a PIA spokesman told AFP. The EU said earlier this month that it would allow only PIA's eight Boeing 777 planes to fly to Europe. Its other 37 aircraft, mainly older Boeing 747s and Airbus A310s, were put on the EU blacklist due to safety concerns.
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