PIA temporarily resumes flights to Saudi Arabia, UAE

Pakistan International Airlines will resume its flights to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates from Thursday night on priority basis.

The national flag bearer announced the details of its flights on Twitter. It shared the following details of the flights,"PK-731, headed to Jeddah, will take off from Karachi at 6pm, PK-213 (Karachi-Dubai) will take off at 10pm, PK-747 (Karachi-Medina) will leave at 6pm and PK-245 (Karachi-Dammam) will fly at 11pm,

The PIA requested the passengers to contact their call center before the departure from the airport. Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that Pakistani airspace will continue to remain closed for commercial aviation until midnight on Thursday.

Since the existing NOTAM is effective until 2359 HRS of 28 February 2019, #Pakistan airspace shall remain closed.

Please stay in touch with your airlines for timely update on any further changes.

PCAA regrets the inconvenience to its patrons. 🇵🇰 Paindabad! https://t.co/X84odwOHfp

— CAA Pakistan (@AirportPakistan) February 28, 2019