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Karachi, April 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Consequent to the COVID-19 pandemic and the large number of Pakistani community / Diaspora still stranded in foreign countries with expired visas and limited resources; in order to ensure uninterrupted and continual operation of rescue,...
Read More »PIA flight carrying 250 stranded Pakistanis in Australia leaves Melbourne
Karachi, April 26, 2020 (PPI-OT): The process of bringing back stranded Pakistanis from different parts of the world is continuing. A special flight of PIA carrying 250 stranded Pakistanis in Australia left Melbourne on Sunday. Pakistan High Commission in Canberra...
Read More »PIA relief flight for Melbourne, Australia carrying 300 passengers left Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore
Karachi, April 24, 2020 (PPI-OT): PIA relief flight for Melbourne, Australia carrying 300 passengers left Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore on Friday evening. This is the first time in the history of PIA that a flight is being operated to...
Read More »PIA is continuing its relief flight operations to various countries bringing back Pakistanis and transporting expatriates to their home countries
Karachi, April 22, 2020 (PPI-OT): PIA is continuing its relief flight operations to various countries bringing back Pakistanis and transporting expatriates to their home countries; major flights planned ahead for return of Pakistanis. On instructions of the Government of...
Read More »CEO PIA Orders Revision of Fares for Stranded Citizens
Karachi, April 21, 2020 (PPI-OT): A meeting was held at Islamabad between Minister for Aviation Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan and CEO PIA Air Marshal Arshad Malik to review the performance of PIA’s special operations to bring back stranded Pakistanis to...
Read More »PIA to resume special flights to UK
Karachi, April 18, 2020 (PPI-OT): Based on popular demand of expats intending to travel to and from Pakistan to reunite with their loved ones, PIA is all set to resume its special relief flights to UK from April 19, 2020....
Read More »Flights operated at the behest of British High Commission and in close coordination with Government of Pakistan with the intent to evacuate British Nationals stranded in Pakistan
Karachi, April 16, 2020 (PPI-OT): This is in response to some media reports claiming that Pakistan International Airlines (PIACL) operated chartered flights to the United Kingdom with the purpose to evacuate VIPs or relations of government officials. It is to...
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