A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777 comes in over houses to land at Heathrow Airport in west London on June 8, 2020.—AFP
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is set to resume flights to the United Kingdom on Saturday, marking its first service in more than five years since a ban that was imposed over a fake pilot licence scandal.
The Islamabad–Manchester flight could open the door for operations to several other British cities, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK, Mohammad Faisal, said on Thursday, according to The Telegraph.
Faisal noted that the issues which led to the suspension had been resolved, adding that the airline had worked to restore confidence after the 2020 Karachi plane crash that killed 97 people and exposed the use of bogus licences among some pilots.
This is a developing story and is being updated with additional details.
