forging new routes: PIA to start Quetta-Kandahar flight
PIA will commence flights between Quetta, Pakistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan from December 25, 2012.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will commence flights between Quetta, Pakistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan from December 25, 2012. According to a spokesman of the national flag carrier, Quetta and Kandahar are thriving commercial towns and it was a longstanding demand of the business communities in both cities to have commercial flights between the two. Initially, two flights will operate weekly on the Karachi-Quetta-Kandahar-Quetta-Karachi route every Tuesday and Thursday. Currently, PIA is only flying to Kabul and this added route will expand its flight network into Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2012.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will commence flights between Quetta, Pakistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan from December 25, 2012. According to a spokesman of the national flag carrier, Quetta and Kandahar are thriving commercial towns and it was a longstanding demand of the business communities in both cities to have commercial flights between the two. Initially, two flights will operate weekly on the Karachi-Quetta-Kandahar-Quetta-Karachi route every Tuesday and Thursday. Currently, PIA is only flying to Kabul and this added route will expand its flight network into Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2012.