IANS | 17 Oct, 2020
The Pakistan government has imposed a 100,000 PKR fine on Qatar Airways
for violating the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) enforced against
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aviation Division spokesman Abdul Sattar
Khokhar in a statement on Friday said the government had taken serious
notice of the violation which had put the health and safety of the
passengers as well as personnel working at the airport at risk, reports
Dawn news.
He said the fine was imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The
airline shall also be responsible for all expenses incurred on the
testing of Covid-19 and quarantine of the passengers and the staff,
Khokhar added.
He said that one of the passengers with a positive Covid-19 test report had travelled on the Qatar Airways flight to Islamabad.
The
CAA has already directed the airlines operating flights to and from
Pakistan to ensure compliance with the SOPs that have been devised and
implemented to protect passengers from contracting the virus.
