PIA Employees Air Tickets Revised Tax Collection Begins

[Abbas Ali]

According to news sources, collection of revised tax imposed on PIA tickets issued to airline's employees has begun.

The airline's employees will now have to pay 5,600 rupees tax on return ticket.

Earlier, PIA employees were paying 200 rupees tax for ticket.

Abbas

[747-300]

Some higher officials on PIA have free bussiness class ticket for the whole family, isn't that gives loss on PIA?

[Abdullah]

Huge kick to PIA outstation staff. No drinking water, no meal, no washroom and no pay, no spares, no motivation with moral down!

[Abdullah]

Over this link

Screenshot>>

[taha_imran4]

[adamalikhan]

If the Airline is paying the fare, then surely the staff who is travelling should pay the taxes (much of which are imposed and cover security costs, landing fees per passengers etc).

Why should the airline have to pay for all of this? It doesn't make sense.

[bigfish]

I agree, the military as well as govt officials need to stop the free rides. Either pay fully or don't fly, take the bus/train instead and on your own dime.

Once PIA is running profits and has a sizable fleet (owned, not leased), maybe this privilege/benefit can be restored for workers.

If employees keep making difficulties, people/pax will fly someone else (there is plenty of choice for international travel), and then u won't even be able to fly at all if there's no more revenue pax.

[taha_imran4]

Thank you big fish

[Abbas Ali]

Shaheen Air employees are paying this tax, according to following news report.

PIA slaps duty on subsidised tickets

KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has started collecting federal excise duty on free/subsidised domestic tickets being issued to its employees and their family members, it is reliably learnt here.

The duty was imposed on all the airline employees at the time of budget but the implementation was suspended in the PIA owing to the protest from the workers, but from January 15 its collection has been started.

While the government expects to collect around Rs 300 million from the newly introduced duty, the trade unions as well as PIA management have urged the government not to impose the duty as the employees, keeping in view the ever-increasing inflation, were facing financial crunch.

Responding to Dawn queries, PIA spokesperson Haneef Rana said that this duty on domestic travel had been imposed at the time of budget but on the protest from the employees and request from the management the government had deferred it. But now it had been decided to collect the duty at the rate of Rs 5,040 on a ticket for a distance of more than 500 kilometres.

He said that the employees were protesting and keeping in view their resistance, the airline management had informed the prime minister’s advisor on aviation Shujaat Azeem.

Mr Shujaat, who was on a visit to the PIA head office in the city on Tuesday, was briefed about the resistance being put up by the workers.

The PM’s adviser assured the management that he would take up the issue with the federal government and hopefully it would be sorted out amicably.

To another question he said that there were around 18,000 employees and if they had at least three members in the family the number comes to around 54,000. He said that there were around 36,000 retired employees who also received subsidised / free travel facilities and this tax / duty would be recovered from them as well, he added.

Responding to the Dawn queries PIAC Employees Union chief Ubaidullah said that while airlines around the globe provided free / subsidised travel facilities to their employees none of the governments collected such a duty / tax on such facility. He termed government’s attitude with PIA employees ‘step-motherly’

It warned that if the newly imposed duty was not withdrawn immediately, the workers would launch a countrywide protest movement.

Giving some data, he said that 114,000 free tickets were issued to employees and their family members during 2014 and if similar number of tickets were issued in the current year then the new tax collected on such tickets would come to around Rs 285 million.

Responding to Dawn queries, a top Shaheen Air official said that the airline had been collecting the tax from the day it had been imposed i.e with the announcement of budget.

Source: DAWN

Abbas

[TAILWIND]

Few clarifications
1. No military person gets a 'free ride'. Official travel is fully re-imbursed to airline included all taxes by MOD.
2. Personal travel, militray personnel pay half the fare but full govt taxes. MOD re-imburses the remaining half to PIA.
3. There is no free travel for employees in Emirates. For sub-lo and other concessional travel benifets, the employee pays FULL taxes as applicable at the origin or destination.
4. No where in the world, the airline pays the taxes on concessional tickets to its staff.

As such, the demand that PIA pays the applicable taxes on behalf of employees travelling on staff quota is un just.

[Rana]

In European Airlines staff tickets are unlimited for staff and their families (wife, children , parents , brothers, sisters). But you should pay all taxes +fuel charges , all ticket on STANDBY not confirm. Only one time you can get confirm tickets during your annual leave.

". Does Airblue charge full fee to its employees? No they don't!!

For your kind INFORMATION there is no more STAFF TICKET for their families (brother, sisters) Just confirm .

[riz]

Few clarifications
3. There is no free travel for employees in Emirates.

Really ?

4. No where in the world, the airline pays the taxes on concessional tickets to its staff.

As such, the demand that PIA pays the applicable taxes on behalf of employees travelling on staff quota is un just.

4. Neither Do PIA.
MOD paying 50% of fare for Faujis is also unjust.

[TAILWIND]

Few clarifications
4. No where in the world, the airline pays the taxes on concessional tickets to its staff

Neither Do PIA.

If i understand correctly thats what the issue is. Govt charging PIA employees the applicable taxes on concessional travel, which ppl are resisting.

MOD paying 50% of fare for Faujis is also unjust.

That can be debated...The argument is that mostly military personnel are stationed away from thier home towns hence are given six 50% rebated (fare only, taxes are paid by passenger) tickets annually. Thats part of thier employement package.

[Rana]

Few clarifications
4. No where in the world, the airline pays the taxes on concessional tickets to its staff

Neither Do PIA.

If i understand correctly thats what the issue is. Govt charging PIA employees the applicable taxes on concessional travel, which ppl are resisting.

MOD paying 50% of fare for Faujis is also unjust.

That can be debated...The argument is that mostly military personnel are stationed away from thier home towns hence are given six 50% rebated (fare only, taxes are paid by passenger) tickets annually. Thats part of thier employement package.

Just want to say about all tickets like Military and other government departments , it is worldwide practice that if the discount is 50% or more dose not matter , 50% will pay the traveler from his pocket and other 50% will pay the department to the AIRLINE or RAILWAY etc . So a carrier getting 100% . So dears Let will not discus them here .We have to discus about ourself because we have a special place , position in any airline or u can say that we are a part of production .

[Abdullah]

What's about those who implemented this tax; they arrange special VIP B777 and A320 flights for foreign tours with their families, friends and so on..??