PIA to resume flights to Europe on Jan 10

ISLAMABAD:

PIA said on Friday it will resume flights to Europe in January, starting with Paris.

"We have got approval for the first flight's schedule we had filed," PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez Khan said, adding that the airline would be opening bookings on December 9 for its planned January 10 flight to Paris.

PIA will soon approach Britain's Department for Transport (DfT) for permission to resume routes to the UK, Khan said. Once cleared by the DfT, London, Manchester and Birmingham would be the most sought-after destinations, he added.

The ban cost the loss-making airline Rs40 billion annually in revenue.