British Airways To Resume Flight Operations To Pakistan After A Decade
Mahnoor Sheikh (@mahnoorsheikh03) Published December 18, 2018 | 03:06 PM
The British Airways flight operations were suspended in 2008 following a suicide attack at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad that killed more than 50 people.
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 18th December, 2018) The British Airways has announced to resume its flight operations to Pakistan after 10 long years.
The British Airways flight operations were suspended in 2008 following a suicide attack at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad that killed more than 50 people.
However, the British Airways will now resume its flight operations to Pakistan around June while tickets are already available.
Following the development, Thomas Drew CMG, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, said, “I am delighted to be welcoming British Airways back to Pakistan. The launch of direct flights by British Airways between London Heathrow and Islamabad’s new International Airport is excellent news for both countries."
“The links between Britain and Pakistan are already extraordinary – from culture and cricket, to people, politics and education. I see this launch as a vote of confidence in the future of those links – and, of course, a reflection of the great improvements in the security situation in Pakistan in recent years,” he said.
“The return of British Airways will give a particular boost to our growing trade and investment links.
British Airways itself joins an increasing number of British companies doing business in Pakistan. I hope too that it will allow more people from the UK to discover, like I have, what a beautiful country Pakistan is. I look forward to using the service myself when flight start in June,” the British High Commissioner added.
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The airline has a long history of flying to the city and offered its first scheduled flights between London and the Pakistani capital in 1976.
It will be the first Western carrier to restart flying to Pakistan, where a new airport in the capital has helped ease congestion and concerns about air travel security, since its pullout in 2008.
With the security situation being improved significantly improved in Pakistan, the militant attacks have sharply decreased in the country, giving ways to tourism and trade opportunities.
Moreover, the newly constructed New Islamabad International Airport will also be able to accomodate bigger planes.
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