Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) ki flight operations aaj chhattay rooz bhi baray paimane par mutasir rahe, kyunke national carrier aur uske engineering staff ke darmiyan jari tanaza ab tak hal nahi ho saka. Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan (SAEP) behtar work conditions aur aircraft safety se mutalliqa concerns par protest kar rahi hai, jiska seedha asar PIA ki international aur domestic flights par parh raha hai. Airline sources ke mutabiq, 5pm tak PIA ko nau flights cancel karni parin aur 18 flights baray delays ka shikar ho gayeen. Yeh delays zyada tar technical masail aur spare parts ki kami ki wajah se samne aaye.
International routes par Abu Dhabi se Peshawar, Dubai se Karachi, Faisalabad se Dubai aur kuch wapas aanay wali flights cancel ho gayeen, jabke domestic sector mein Gilgit-Islamabad aur Skardu-Islamabad routes sab se zyada mutasir rahe. Kai flights 10 ghantay tak delay hoti rahi, jis se musafiron ko shadeed pareshani, intezar aur schedule disruption ka samna karna pada. Airline ke operational bottlenecks ne weekend par bhi flights ko mutasir rakha.
Dusri jaanib, PIA ne engineering staff ki alleged strike ko operations ke rukne ki wajah tasleem karne se inkaar kar diya. Airline ne bawajah kaha ke weekend ki cancellations “schedule rationalisation, mausami sooratehaal aur operational requirements” ke tehat ki gayi thin, na ke kisi strike ke sabab. PIA ke spokesperson ne aircraft safety par uthaye gaye SAEP ke itirazat ko bhi mustarid kar diya. Unka kehna tha ke Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) hi woh regulatory body hai jo tamam airlines ko international standards ke mutabiq regulate karti hai. Aircraft parts ki replacement, unka istemal, flight fitness, routes aur schedule changes har cheez PCAA ki approval ke baghair mumkin nahi hoti.
Spokesperson ke mutabiq, PIA kisi qisam ki safety compromise nahi karti aur tamam operations strictly PCAA ke laid-down procedures ke tehat chalaye jate hain. Iss sab ke bawajood, musafir abhi bhi uncertainty ka shikar hain, aur jab tak engineering staff ka tanaza hal nahi hota, flight schedule ki stability mushkil nazar aati hai.