Pakistanis stranded in UAE to be brought back via special flight

ISLAMABAD: In a step to bring home the Pakistanis stranded at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, the federal government has allowed to operate a special flight from the United Arab Emirates to Islamabad, ARY News reported.

According to the details, 150 stranded Pakistanis will arrive homeland tonight via a special flight of an airline flydubai.

A spokesperson of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority said that the special flight will land at Islamabad International Airport at 12:10 am tonight.

 

In order to facilitate the stranded pax at Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports, GoP has decided to allow operation of one flight by Fly Dubai to Isb. It will be a special flight to Isb with about 150 pax on board. Flight is expected to arrive at IIAP at 0010 hours on 24th March 2020.

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The international flight operation will remain suspended from March 22 till March 28. However, domestic flights will continue as per schedule.

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