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Dubai Airport Warns PIA

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Dubai airport issues warning to PIA

By Zulqernain Tahir

LAHORE:
The Dubai International Airport authorities have issued back to back warnings to the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) over its failure to adhere to time slot allocated to it and the practice of changing aircraft without intimation.

The airport authorities told the PIA in a letter that it was not observing the time slot. “It has failed to follow the correct procedure to update slots. This is deemed as misuse of the slots. We are adopting zero tolerance to such misuse,” it said.

The authorities said the letter should be considered a second warning. “If any further violation of this nature occurs, a fine may be imposed on the PIA.”

A source in the PIA said that delay in its flights often caused problems with regard to observing the time. “This issue is not only related to Dubai but also to several European airports. Jeddah airport is another place where time slot issue crops up every now and then,” he said.

The national-flag carrier was facing the problem primarily because of shortage of planes, he said. “Unless the PIA gets more planes, this issue will not be solved.”

Before issuing the warning on the time slot misuse, the Dubai airport authorities have warned the PIA to inform it before any change of aircraft scheduled to land there.

“On several occasions, the PIA did not bother to inform the airport authorities about the change of aircraft,” the source said. He attributed this to lack of proper communication among different departments of the PIA.

PIA spokesperson Mashhood Tajwar told Dawn that a reply had been sent to the Dubai airport authorities and claimed that both issues had been resolved.

Meanwhile, the PIA has started operating its 30 flights to Dubai after completion of extension of its airport. The PIA had been diverting most of its Dubai-bound flights to Sharjah over the past two months because of extension work of the airport.

Source: DAWN
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PIA asked to explain flight delays

November 22, 2014

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Airport Coordination Limited (ACL), the slot co-ordinator of Dubai International Airport, has asked Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to explain issues with flights that operated at a significantly different time from the allocated slot time which hampered the smooth operation of the airport. Dubai airport ranked among world''s busiest airports recently underwent runway repairs to facilitate around 30-40 aircraft operating in and out of Dubai and serves 180,000 passengers travelling to some of 260 destinations.

The authority asks from its member airlines not to do anything special but adhere to the slots given to them. Moreover, despite a heavy load of traffic Dubai airport has been giving PIA special favours on a daily basis and helps airline for frequent changes in the slots. However, PIA management has failed to take advantage of this special assistance and flights do not arrive as per the re-allotted time slots that creates problems for ACL.

Sources said Dubai Airport Authority has warned PIA to respond to frequent delays of PIA flights at the airport which are hampering the smooth operations of Dubai airport while failure to explain the reasons behind poor performance might result in PIA being asked to attend the Slot Performance Committee, and may result in partial withdrawal of historic rights to operate at Dubai International Airport. It is pertinent to mention that ACL is responsible for administering the Dubai International Airport under Slot Enforcement Local Rule and under this rule operator''s slots and historic status may be withdrawn in the event of intentional slot misuse. Airlines are responsible for planning and operating to the allocated slot times. Meanwhile Schedule & Network Planning Section of PIA has admitted the violations and assured the authority that concerned department has been instructed to take a corrective action for improvement of performance in future. While regretting the delays it admitted that 39 percent flights were delayed due to technical reasons and maintenance, eight percent CAA inspection, eight percent custom immigration, 14 per cent due to other consequences and the rest were delayed due to various other reasons including ATC clearance, late catering loading, late reporting of cabin crew etc.

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