Pakistan govt to launch new airline
The govt Thursday formally announced to launch a new airline with title of Pakistan Airways Limited (PAL) saying the decision was taken when the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees through their strike prevented sale of 26% shares of the carrier. “The new airline will not be an alternate to the PIA but it will generate a healthy competition with PIA,” minister of state for parliamentary affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmad said while responding to points of order raised by the opposition members in the National Assembly. “Recruitments in the PAL will be made on contractual basis whereas none of the PIA employees is going to be laid off,” he said. Trying to allay concerns of the opposition members, Shaikh Aftab said all the new aircraft would be obtained on dry lease and none of the PIA planes would be handed over to the PAL. <br/>
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Pakistan govt to launch new airline
The govt Thursday formally announced to launch a new airline with title of Pakistan Airways Limited (PAL) saying the decision was taken when the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees through their strike prevented sale of 26% shares of the carrier. “The new airline will not be an alternate to the PIA but it will generate a healthy competition with PIA,” minister of state for parliamentary affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmad said while responding to points of order raised by the opposition members in the National Assembly. “Recruitments in the PAL will be made on contractual basis whereas none of the PIA employees is going to be laid off,” he said. Trying to allay concerns of the opposition members, Shaikh Aftab said all the new aircraft would be obtained on dry lease and none of the PIA planes would be handed over to the PAL. <br/>
