PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) has lost PKR21.8 billion Pakistani rupees (USD78.2 million) due to the prolonged maintenance of some of its aircraft over more than ten years, an Auditor General’s report said.

The audit, widely reported in the Pakistani media but not available online, said the majority state-owned carrier was aware of the inefficiencies in its maintenance process as early as 2012. Despite this, consecutive management teams took no steps to reduce ground time to a minimum. Some aircraft…

Source: ch aviation
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