PIA hiring new CEO as Amir Hayat completes term

PIA is advertising vacancy for CEO to speed up recruitment process, accepting applications from suitable candidates within 15 days

Business Desk - Nov 07, 2024

An image, showing a PIA passenger plane, taken through a glass panel, at Islamabad International Airport, Pakistan October 3, 2023. — Reuters

Following the completion of the previous chief executive officer (CEO), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is now looking forward to hiring a new CEO for the national flag carrier.

The PIA is advertising the vacancy for a CEO to speed up the recruitment process, accepting applications from suitable candidates within 15 days.

Vacancy at PIA open for CEO

To meet the criteria set for the top role at PIA, aspiring applicants need to be veterans with 20 years of experience running a big-scale enterprise or at least 10 years of management experience in the aviation industry, and must be aged between 45 and 57.

The PIA made a botched attempt to seal the Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan (SAEP) office in response to the corruption allegations hurled by SAEP.

According to the Express Tribune, engineers rushed to the office and locked it as officials from the PIA Security Department reached the SEAP site to seal it.

The administration made an immoral move to disclose PIA corruption, said SAEP secretary Owais Khan Jadoon, adding that the PIA team attempted to seal the office without a written order.

Contrary to the remarks made by Jadoon, a PIA spokesperson claimed that it possessed a written order allowing it to seal the SAEP premises.