Civil aviation body proposes extra levy to fund provincial air connectivity scheme

The Human Rights Commission and parliamentary committees have, on different occasions, directed the government to provide easy and affordable flight services to people in remote areas to fulfil its social obligation.

Passengers on domestic flights may soon have to pay extra as the civil aviation body has proposed increasing the airport service charge to fund its ambitious regional air connectivity scheme that aims to connect unserved and under-served routes of all seven provinces with their respective capitals.