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Aero Asia, Shaheen Air planes remain grounded
IQBAL MIRZA
KARACHI (May 24 2006): All Aero Asia and Shaheen Air International (SAI) aircraft remained grounded for the second day on Tuesday as no agreement could be reached between the airlines and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on payment of CAA dues.
Officials of CAA remained engaged in meetings, separately, with the representatives of the two defaulting airlines, without any result.
CAA is reported to have stood firmly on its decision that either the private carriers should clear their dues, or be prepared for rolling back their operations.
CAA presented its proposals regarding the mode of payments and Aero Asia and SAI came up with theirs, but till the close of office hours none of the airlines turned up to say that they were ready to accept CAA's formula for clearance of the dues.
In the morning, a CAA spokesman told Business Recorder: "Enough is enough. They can not take us for a ride any longer. After all, the airlines will not be paying anything from their own kitty. It is public money which they have collected through the sale of tickets and have no right to use that money somewhere else and deprive CAA of its revenues."
Private carriers had been promoted and pampered for too long. Now they should learn to stand on their feet and walk without the help of crutches, he said.
Till late in the evening, no official statement was available from CAA whether the issue had been resolved or not.