Pakistanis angered by new airport baggage-wrapping policy 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PressePakistan’s civil aviation watchdog has ordered all air travellers to have their checked baggage shrink-wrapped, drawing scorn and criticism from frequent flyers and environmentalists. Shahrukh Nusrat, director general of Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), said Sunday that wrapping baggage was now “mandatory”, and it was being done for “safety” purposes. Passengers would have to pay 50 rupees (about US$0.31) per bag for the wrapping, Nusrat said in a statement. Pakistan’s frequent flyers cast scorn on the edict, suggesting it had been introduced to enrich an unnamed company tasked with doing the wrapping.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 21, 2019 13:18 UTC