ISLAMABAD: An Omani aviation risk assessment team has conducted a four-day inspection of Pakistani airports in Islamabad and Lahore cities to review security of direct flights between Pakistan and Oman and expressed its satisfaction over the arrangements, the Pakistani Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) said on Friday.
The three-member team, headed by Ayoub Al-Farei, the chief of risk assessment at Oman’s civil aviation body, arrived in the eastern city of Lahore on July 17 and examined different security measures related to passengers and cargo that Pakistani authorities have put in place at the city’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.
The team later carried out a two-day security inspection of the Islamabad International Airport.
“The Sultanate of Oman’s Civil Aviation Risk Assessment delegation has completed the two-day security inspection of Islamabad International Airport,” the PCAA said in the statement on Friday.
“The Omani delegation expressed satisfaction with the state-of-the-art security mechanism and appreciated the Islamabad airport authority for efficient and orderly operations with increasing passenger and aircraft traffic.”
The team inspected security measures employed by the Pakistani service providers at the airport, including the Airport Security Force (ASF), different airlines and ground-handling agencies, according to the PCAA. It will leave for Oman from Islamabad on Friday.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), visits of foreign airport security delegations are part of international aviation cooperation between different countries.
Last month, an eight-member team from Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) completed security inspection of airports in the Pakistani cities of Karachi, Multan, Sialkot and Lahore.
