PIA cuts China fare for students

PIA had resumed its passenger flights between Pakistan and China section after a gap of nearly six months


APP August 22, 2022
PHOTO: FILE

BEIJING:

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has offered a 10% discount for the Pakistani students on flights between Pakistan and China – the two weekly flights on Islamabad-Chengdu-Islamabad and Islamabad-Xian-Beijing-Islamabad routes.

The students who are returning to homeland from China after completion of their education could immediately take benefit from the discount, an official of the airline told APP here on Sunday.

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A large number of Pakistani students enrolled in the Chinese universities and stranded in Pakistan following Covid-19 travel restrictions also want to come to China to join off-line classes. They are waiting for the approval of the Chinese government in this regard.

The PIA had resumed its passenger flights between Pakistan and China section after a gap of nearly six months as the airports in Xian and Beijing closed for the international flights in wake of Covid-19 prevention and control measures.

 

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