(24 News) National Airlines (PIA) has crossed another important milestone, after 4 and a half years the flight operation to Europe has been restored, the first flight took passengers from Islamabad to Paris.
Aviation Minister Khawaja Asif cut the ribbon along with French Embassy staff at Islamabad International Airport, Aviation Minister, Secretary Aviation, DGCAA, CEO PIA Aamir Hayat, Airport Manager Aftab Gilani participated in the ceremony. were also present on this occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Aviation Minister Khawaja Asif said that there was a time when PIA was the leading airline of the world, PIA played a role in building many airlines, then we became dependent on other airlines. Who will take our flight.
He said that in the past, there was a big disaster due to the statement of the Minister of Aviation on the floor of the Assembly, for the whole 4 and a half years, our overseas Pakistanis could not come here, they had to take a flight from Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi or somewhere else to come to Pakistan. It had also become expensive, more money had to be paid.
Khawaja Asif said that a statement created such a big disaster, it is a great tragedy that there is no accountability for such wrong decisions, direct flights to Paris are starting again from today, today is a historic day.
The aviation minister further said that he is grateful to all those people who made the direct flight possible, today we meet the international standards, in the coming days flights will also be issued to UK, USA, PIA has lost its own. Will get the position.
On the other hand, according to the sources, all the seats of the first direct flight to Paris have been sold, the aircraft had a capacity of 323 passengers, which is full, all the seats of PIA’s next week’s flights have also been booked.
It should be noted that in 2020, European countries banned PIA flights due to the pilot’s license dispute.