Airline resumes service as regional tensions ease

Our Correspondent May 02, 2026 Less than a minute read

The first PIA flight to Europe in over four years arrives at the terminal bay at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Pakistan’s state-owned airline resumed flights to Europe after a four-year ban was lifted by EU regulators. Photo: videograb

KARACHI:

Flight operations between Pakistan and Bahrain partially resumed on Friday as Gulf Air operated its first flight to Karachi after nearly two months of suspension caused by regional tensions.

According to sources, the airline's Airbus A321 aircraft, operating as Flight GF-752, landed at Jinnah International Airport and later departed on its return journey.

The resumption comes after approximately 50 days of halted operations triggered by the Iran-US conflict, which disrupted aviation routes across the region. Officials confirmed that the last flight from Bahrain to Karachi operated on February 28.