PIA resumes Beijing-Islamabad flights after seven-month gap

BEIJING: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resumed its passenger flights on Beijing-Islamabad route after a gap of nearly seven months.

PIA flight PK-855 took off from Beijing’s Capital International Airport for Islamabad on Sunday. the PIA operated its last flight between Beijing-Islamabad on December 19, 2021.

The national flag carrier resumed its commercial passenger flights on Islamabad-Xian and Beijing-Islamabad routes last month but the aircraft had to return back to Islamabad from Xian as Beijing airport was closed for international passenger flights over Covid-19 prevention guidelines.

PIA flight PK-854 arrived in Xian from Islamabad on Saturday. The PIA aircraft arrived in Beijing from Xian after no Covid 19 case was found. Then flight PK-855 returned to Islamabad from Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday.

PIA is also operating direct weekly passenger flights between Islamabad and Chengdu, capital city of China’s Sichuan province every Wednesday which is a new destination in addition to Xian and Beijing.

Chengdu is the third destination other than Beijing for PIA. In March, PIA was allowed to operate flights for Chinese cities of Xian and Guangzhou from Pakistan.

The Beijing-Islamabad flight will facilitate passengers living in the Chinese capital including officials, traders and students. The flight will also facilitate Chinese personnel working on different projects being completed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Pakistan.

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