Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020
UN agency recommends health guidelines for airlines
Mask wearing, temperature controls, disinfection of aircraft: the International Civil Aviation Organisation on Monday published a series of health recommendations for the pandemic-hit airline industry as it relaunches air travel. The protocol was drawn up by an international task force formed by the Montreal-based ICAO with the help of other UN agencies like the World Health Organisation and the powerful International Air Transport Association (IATA). “These guidelines will facilitate convergence, mutual recognition and harmonisation of aviation COVID-19 related measures across the globe,” Philippe Bertoux, France’s representative on ICAO’s board, whichRead More
I’m never flying with PIA again: Maheen Khan
Fashion designer Maheen Khan has said that she will never fly with the Pakistan International Airline ever again. “For over 30 years, jobs in PIA have been given to political favourites or their relatives,” she tweeted on Monday. The designer claimed that the airline was being run by “sifarashies” (those hired through nepotism). Khan expressed her anger and disappointment at the airline. “Shameful disregard for lives…. as seen in the way the bereaved families are being treated after the crash,” she reiterated. The national carrier has been under fire afterRead More