EASA refuses to lift ban on PIA's Europe flights.

KARACHI -- A final attempt from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to get relief from the EASA over a ban on its flight operations to Europe has met with failure, media reported.

It is pertinent to mention here that the PIA CEO Air Marshall Arshad Malik has written a letter to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for giving provisional permission to the national flag carrier to resume its Europe operation.

However, the European authorities rejected the proposal in a letter written to the PIA CEO, conveying that pre-conditions to lift the ban are not yet met as an audit will be necessary before any approval from the EASA.

The agency said that their experts reviewed all submitted material and...