New revelation: Acute shortage of ATR planes' parts in PIA
National airline short on ATR planes' parts, it takes months to repair planes as parts are imported
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – According to a latest revelation, Pakistan International Airline (PIA) is short on the spare parts of ATR airplanes and it has been taking months for the planes to be repaired as the parts have to be imported, reported Dunya News.
PIA stocks have been found in serious shortage of the spare parts of ATR and A-320 planes. As the parts are not being imported for quite some time, the shortage has become acute during the recent months.
The national airline has contracted a foreign company for the import of parts. And this is why it takes months for the parts to arrive in the country.
On the other hand, the parts of A-320 planes are in acute shortage too and the parts of already grounded planes are being used due to which delays are being observed in including the grounded planes back into the fleet too.
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