PIA plots staff cuts while fleet set to grow
22.12.2020 – 20:23 UTC
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to halve its payroll through staff redundancies while at the same time significantly growing its fleet over the next few years, The Nation has reported.
The state-owned Pakistani flag carrier hopes to reduce its total headcount from 12,900 workers to 5,600-6,000 by the end of 2021. This is a significantly lower number than 7,500, the previous benchmark set.
Despite the reduction in workforce, the airline hopes to add 16 unspecified aircraft shortly, although no definite timeline was given. This would increase PIA’s total fleet to 45 active aircraft. The target ratio of staff-to-aircraft is around 130 – compared to the current ratio of nearly 450 workers per one active aircraft.
PIA has already announced a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) for its employees, including pilots and engineers, with applications due by December 22. Based on the uptake, a forced retirement scheme may be enforced through the end of January 2021. Shedding 3,977 staff from non-core areas should save it PKR6.1 billion rupees (USD38 million) per…
More operators eye Cambodian aviation market
11.04.2018 – 17:17 UTC
Cambodia’s Secretariat of State Civil Aviation (SSCA) has confirmed several more start-up carriers are in various stages of applying for their respective Air Operator’s Certificates (AOC) with at least two due to launch later this year/early next year.
“Per their schedule, MJ Airlines (Phnom Penh) will operate at the end of the year, and Domrey Angkor Airlines (Phnom Penh) will start early next year,” A spokesman for the SSCA, Sin Chanserey Vutha, told The Phnom Penh Times.
Both carriers are backed by Chinese capital as are several others that have also started the licencing gaunlet. KC International Airlines, Prince International Airlines, Air Siem Reap (backed by Bangkok Airways), and Cambodia Airways have applied for licences to join the local market, but are still waiting for their applications to be approved.
“These companies have been interested in the local aviation market since last year, but it takes time to process their applications. Sometimes, it takes up to six months,” he added.
Despite its open market approach…
Four more start-ups eye Cambodian AOCs in 2018
15.10.2017 – 22:25 UTC
Cambodia’s Secretariat of State Civil Aviation (SSCA) has confirmed four more start-up carriers are vying for Air Operator’s Certificates (AOC) ahead of a proposed launch in 2018.
SSCA spokesman Sinn Chanserey Vutha told The Phnom Penh Post last week that the prospective carriers include Cambodia Airways (KR, Phnom Penh), Air Siem Reap (Siem Reap), Prince International Airlines (Phnom Penh), and Cambodia Airways (KR, Phnom Penh).
“We will complete the AOC for KC International Airlines early next year, then continue to issue the rest over the course of the year,” he said.
Of the four, three are Cambodian/Chinese joint-ventures namely KC International Airlines, Prince International Airlines (PIA), and Cambodia Airways.
The latter two start-ups are backed by the Chinese investors behind Prince Real Estate, and are headed by a former executive of Cambodia Bayon Airlines (BD, Phnom Penh). PIA aims to launch with three A320s to serve the leisure charter market and two Gulfstream Aerospace jets for local business clients. For its part, Cambodia…
Cambodia sees surge in demand for pax, cargo start-ups
05.01.2017 – 13:48 UTC
Several start-up carriers are in the process of being certified for commercial aviation operations the director general of Cambodia’s Secretariat of State Civil Aviation (SSCA) has disclosed.
Speaking to The Phnom Penh Post last week, Keo Sivorn said that among the applicants looking to serve the passenger market is Lanmei Airlines, a Chinese-owned airline registered in Cambodia, and Air Siem Reap. Both have already secured in-principle approval from the Cambodian government alongside JC International Airlines, Small Planet Airlines Cambodia, and Chinese LCC, Spring Airlines.
“We are now reviewing the AOC applications of Lanmei Airlines and JC Airlines,” he said adding that each will potentially launch with two Airbus jets. “In their presentations, they said they plan to fly to China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and [South] Korea.”
In terms of cargo market applicants, Keo said that although Phnom Penh Air Cargo (Phnom Penh) gained preliminary approval to operate in the air freight and logistics niche two years ago, it has yet to formally apply for an Air…
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