A privately- owned Pakistani airline, Serene Air, announced on Friday the launch of 02 weekly flights from Karachi to Beijing via Islamabad from 18 November 2023.
The airline representative told Gwadar Pro that flight KHI-ISB- PKX would land at Daxing International Airport, one of the two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Capital International Airport.
He said the new direct flight from Pakistan to China will provide more economical options for Pakistani and Chinese travelers, including the business community and students, to directly reach different cities between China and Pakistan. He believed that it would also facilitate personnel from both countries working on different projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) inPakistan.
The airline launched its first international flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January 2021 and obtained permission from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority to expand internationally.