Passengers coming and going to Pakistan from abroad will have to fill a customs declaration form. Spokesperson CAA
ISLAMABAD (Urdupoint Latest. 16 Aug 2022) The government has ordered civil aviation to comply with FATF regulations, passengers arriving and departing Pakistan from foreign countries must fill a customs declaration. According to Hum News, the government has instructed the civil aviation authority to start work related to the implementation of FATF regulations. A CAA spokesperson said that air passengers arriving and departing Pakistan from foreign countries must fill a customs declaration form, and air passports for passengers traveling abroad will be subject to a customs declaration form.
Passengers arriving from abroad will also fill a customs declaration form at the Pakistani airport. Pakistan Customs has ordered to deploy personnel in all international airports.
A CAA spokesman said passengers would be assisted by customs and airline officials. On the other hand, flights from Pakistan to the UAE have become more expensive and the fares have quadrupled due to the rush of people traveling to the Gulf countries. The demand for tickets increased due to the Asia Cup, and the demand for tickets may increase due to the cricket match between Pakistan and India during the Asia Cup.
According to Emirati media, air fares have quadrupled in the last week of August due to unusually heavy traffic from major destinations such as Pakistan, India, England and Egypt, mostly from expatriate families. The last 2 weeks of August saw a significant increase in air traffic in the UAE before schools reopened in the UAE as people traveled to their home countries for the summer holidays.
Due to the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match to be held in the United Arab Emirates, the number of visitors to the UAE is expected to increase in the last week of this month, said the CEO of Dera Tours and Travel. In an interview to Khaleej Times,TP Sudheesh said that air fares vary depending on the airline and route and the average air fare has increased 4 times during the last week of August compared to normal days. The Indian subcontinent is the main region experiencing the heaviest and highest traffic at this time, with arrivals from Europe usually consisting of people who go to their home country for vacation and return at the end of the month, but this time is slightly less. trafficked Nepalese route.
He said that all the tickets for most of the flights have been sold because all the families and residents have booked return tickets because the people know when the school will open until the end of August, but only the students are there. , not only families and non-teaching staff, but many other residents book seats in advance due to the high demand and availability of seats, so the air fare is very high, especially with most direct flights coming from the UAE in the last week of August. such as Pakistan, India and the UK are sold out of popular locations.
Raja Mir Waseem, Managing Director of Galadri International Travel Services, said that the number of cricket fans from the Indian subcontinent who come to watch the India-Pakistan cricket match will increase in the last week of August.It also increased as several companies brought their partners and employees in large numbers to watch cricket matches in the UAE,so tickets for the Asia Cup went on sale on Monday afternoon and the first batch sold out within hours.?
