PIA expands China connectivity with 16 cities

Guangzhou, Wuhan, Urumqi, Shenzhen, Xian, Shenyang, Shanghai among others added to the list

BEIJING:

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced connected flights between Pakistan and 16 cities of China via Beijing in partnership with Air China, a senior airlines official said on Sunday.

The 16 cities added to the PIA destinations include Guangzhou, Wuhan, Urumqi, Shenzhen, Xian, Shenyang, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nanjing, Harbin, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Dunhuang, Chengdu, Changchun, and Chongqing, according to an airlines official in Beijing.

Speaking on the sidelines of the China International Fair for Trade in Service (CIFTIS), PIA Country Manager Bilal Afzal said that the national-flag carrier had set up a booth at the Pakistan Pavilion at CIFTIS to showcase its role in promoting people-to-people contacts between the two countries.

“PIA is currently operating one weekly flight on the Islamabad-Beijing-Islamabad route every Sunday but working on a plan to add a new direct flight between the two countries,” he said. “PIA offers a 20% discount for students with free baggage of 80 kgs for economy and 100 kgs for executive,” he added.

Ali Imran, a Pakistani educationist in Hangzhou told APP that the connected flights to different destinations in China were a big relief and it provided great convenience to the passengers traveling between the two brotherly countries.