Observer Report
Karachi
The Pakistan International Airlines has initiated a plan on Sunday to operate direct flights from Karachi to Skardu. PIA Chief Operating Officer Arshad Malik directed Sales Manager to make arrangements for direct flights between the two cities, a TV channel reported, quoting its sources. The national carrier will operate Airbus 320 for the twice a week flights between both southern port city of Karachi and Gilgit Baltistan’s Skardu city. It has been decided in case of bad weather the flights will be diverted to Islamabad International Airport. According to a PIA spokesperson, Gilgit Baltistan residents in Karachi will especially get facilities to avail the direct flight from Karachi to Skardu. It is pertinent to note that prior to this facility, one flight per day of one-hour duration only operated between Islamabad and Skardu. A grand operation has been completed for repatriation of Pakistanis stranded abroad due to travel restrictions and lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak. More than 304,000 Pakistanis were repatriated by more than 500 domestic and international flights under a special flight operation from 64 countries of the world.
