ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate weekly commercial passenger flights between Islamabad and Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province from July 6. In this regard, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has accorded a formal approval to PIA to operate its flights on Islamabad-Chengdu route in addition to Islamabad-Xian section. The final … Read more
Thousands of vacationers are stranded abroad due to the cancellation of flights to the United Kingdom. The aviation industry is trying to keep up with rising travel demand. British Airways has cancelled more than 100 short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport. Thousands of vacationers are stranded abroad due to the cancellation of flights to the United … Read more
An investigation into the crash of a Twin Otter plane in western Nepal is underway Aviation companies have raised concerns, to implement the new regulations Due to safety concerns, the European Union has barred all Nepali airlines Flights in Nepal will be cleared to fly only if there is a favorable weather forecast for the … Read more
Iraq was once again blanketed in an orange blanket on Sunday, the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly prevalent. Flights were grounded due to poor visibility at airports serving the capital Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, with the phenomenon expected to continue into Monday, according to the weather service. … Read more
Officials say talks between the Taliban and a Qatar-Turkey partnership to run Afghanistan’s five airports, including the capital, have come to a halt after the Islamists insisted on using their fighters to protect the facilities. Kabul’s only airport was trashed in August when tens of thousands of people rushed to evacuate on any available flight … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) maiden flight from Lahore to Sydney has been deferred for a few days on the advice of the Australian Homeland Affairs Department, a statement said. The flight was deferred as the Australian authorities want to reassess the prevailing security situation of the country and review the security apparatus and … Read more
Tel Aviv’s first direct trip to Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh took off on Sunday, Israel’s national carrier El-Al reported. Sun d’Or subsidiary flight 5193 left Ben Gurion International Airport at 0715 GMT, the airline stated in a statement. Direct flights between Tel Aviv and Cairo have been in service since Egypt became … Read more
JetBlue Airways is drafting to trim its summer schedule to prevent flight disorders as it scrambles to hire onwards of what executives expect to be a monster peak travel season. “We’ve already reduced May capacity 8-10% and you can expect to see a similar size capacity pull for the remainder of the summer,” Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue’s … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is set to resume international flights from the United States, Britain and seven other countries, the government said Monday as it announced a loosening of some of the world’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions. The finance hub has struggled to maintain China’s zero-Covid policy during an Omicron-fuelled outbreak. After the highly transmissible variant fuelled … Read more
Between the pandemic and the rainy weather, it was a muted New Year’s celebration on Rio de Janeiro’s famed Copacabana beach, but there was a silver lining Saturday: 50 per cent less garbage to collect. The iconic Brazilian beach city’s sanitation service, COMLURB, said it had picked up 320 tonnes of trash from New Year’s … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has allowed the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate increased number of flights to the kingdom. The PIA spokesman, in a press release, said that the national flag carrier would now operate 48 flights in a week between different destinations of the two countries. He said eight flights each would be operated … Read more
WASHINGTON – The US stated on Monday that COVID-19 limitations for fully vaccinated flying travelers from 33 nations, including China, India, Brazil, and most of Europe, will be lifted in November. As the virus spreads, the unprecedented restrictions have kept relatives, friends, and business travelers isolated for months. President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator, Jeffrey … Read more
After a months-long lockdown, 159 passengers boarded the first flight from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi on Thursday for a vacation. On Thursday, the first plane carrying tourists in more than four months landed on the island of Langkawi, Malaysia, and was greeted by a double water cannon salute as part of a mission to resurrect … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from September 13, the airline said on Saturday. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume flights from Islamabad to Kabul next week, a spokesman for the airline told AFP on Saturday, becoming the first foreign commercial service since the … Read more
KARACHI: Emirates has announced the appointment of Mohammad Alnahari Alhashmi as Vice President for Pakistan, effective September 1, 2021, a statement said on Wednesday. Alhashmi will be responsible for leading the airline’s operations and strengthening Emirates’ presence in the market. Mohammed Sarhan, who was previously vice president of Emirates for Pakistan, will now take on … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj and Umrah affirmed its readiness to receive as many Umrah pilgrims as per the quota that had been agreed upon with various Islamic countries before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Amr Al-Maddah, Saudi deputy minister of Hajj and Umrah, said that all the preparations to receive … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting on steps to be taken for the evacuation of foreign journalists in Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Minister of State for Information Farrukh Habib, Information Secretary and other senior officials. The Information Minister briefed the Prime Minister on the steps taken by … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said that on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan has offered a special package of transit visa to Afghan diplomats and high officials on their arrival in Islamabad. Addressing a press conference, he said that the government has decided to remain … Read more
