Pakistan takes over as chairman of regional aviation body
Khaqan Murtaza, Director General of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), has taken over as
chairman of the Cooperative Development of Operational
Safety and Continuing Airworthiness Programme – South Asia
(COSCAP-SA) for a term of two years.
Pakistan took this position during the 30th
Steering Committee meeting of COSCAP-SA held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from January
24-26.
A PCCA spokesman said in a statement that apart from
eight-member countries, representatives of ICAO Asia Pacific Office, EASA, FAA,
France DGAC, Boeing and Pilots’ International Association, IFALPA, participated
in the three-day meeting.
The COSCAP-SA Asia, a regional body of the International Civil
Aviation Authority, is governed by the chairman of a Steering Committee,
comprising members from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan,
Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. The chapter helps promote cooperation among the
member states in the field of aviation.