6 PIA flights land at Skardu in a day
July 25, 2021
LAHORE: In line with the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to promote domestic tourism, PIA made an achievement by landing 6 flights at Skardu airport in a day on Saturday whereas in past the airport had only 5 landings per week.
The Skardu airport is now handling flights like any other major airport of the country. The flights arrived from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Sialkot. PIA CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan, Aviation Minister and Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan for their direction and support. He said the beautiful destinations of northern areas may be introduced to foreigners.
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RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate special flights to repatriate thousands of Pakistanis stranded in Gulf countries due to a last-minute cancellation of flights by private airlines.
PIA’s spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan said that following the instructions by Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan and PIA Chief Executive Officer (ECO) Air Marshal Arshad Malik, special planes would be dispatched to the Gulf countries to repatriate the stranded Pakistanis before Eidul Azha.
“Thousands of Pakistanis have been stranded in the Gulf states as a result of last-minute cancellation of flights by private airlines,” he added.
The spokesman said four flights of Boeing 777 had been planned to bring back the stranded Pakistanis from Qatar, while two more flights were scheduled for the next one or two days.
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