From Peshawar to Karachi : KPCCI irked at once-a-week flight
PIA should re-think over its decision about flights from Peshawar to Karachi
PESHAWAR:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) has strongly protested Pakistan International Airline’s decision to run only one flight from Peshawar to Karachi during the week. In a statement issued on Monday, KPCCI President Fawad Ishaq said that traders and business community of the province have strong reservations towards the cancellation of all PIA flights from Peshawar to Karachi and closing routes to Malaysia and Kuwait besides minimising flights to Dubai. He said that the national flag carrier is earning from flights between Peshawar and Karachi, hence the closure does not make sense. He said that as a consequence of this decision, the business community of K-P will further become alienated and their problems would increase as they get cut off from other parts of the world since they have to travel to Dubai and Malaysia for business. He said flights from Peshawar to Quetta were already shut down, therefor PIA should re-think over its decision about flights from Peshawar to Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2014.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) has strongly protested Pakistan International Airline’s decision to run only one flight from Peshawar to Karachi during the week. In a statement issued on Monday, KPCCI President Fawad Ishaq said that traders and business community of the province have strong reservations towards the cancellation of all PIA flights from Peshawar to Karachi and closing routes to Malaysia and Kuwait besides minimising flights to Dubai. He said that the national flag carrier is earning from flights between Peshawar and Karachi, hence the closure does not make sense. He said that as a consequence of this decision, the business community of K-P will further become alienated and their problems would increase as they get cut off from other parts of the world since they have to travel to Dubai and Malaysia for business. He said flights from Peshawar to Quetta were already shut down, therefor PIA should re-think over its decision about flights from Peshawar to Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2014.