Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced on Thursday that it would double flights between Pakistan and India from March 25 - a day after the eagerly anticipated one-day cricket series between the two nations ends.
PIA will increase to 12 the number of weekly flights as part of its summer schedule, although the five-match one-day series being staged in Pakistan will end on March 24.
Although the one-day series will be followed by three, five-day Test matches, beginning on March 28, the longer games are expected to draw fewer fans.
"We will try to carry as many fans as possible to Pakistan for the cricket series, but yes the one-day series ends a day prior to the start of our summer schedule," said Salim Janjua, PIA passenger sales manager.
"We will operate bigger Boeing 747 aircraft rather than the Airbus 300, which will raise the seat capacity to around 430 per flight from 250," Janjua told AFP.
"We have been getting hundreds of calls from fans since the series was announced, but we have not blocked any tickets as we will be issuing seats only when the visas are confirmed," Janjua said.
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