PIA resumes flight operations to Barcelona

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Sunday started its flight operation to Barcelona after a gap of nearly two years. 

A B-777 aircraft left for the Spanish city via Paris from Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad.

Due to the tragic incident on December 7 which killed 47 people, all festivities planned earlier for the launch of this flight had been cancelled.

In a somber mood CEO PIA Mr. Bernd Hildenbrand saw off the passengers. Expressing his views on the occasion he said that, with the resumption of flights to Barcelona, passengers will have a convenient link between Pakistan and Spain.

PIA will operate two weekly flights to Barcelona, one each from Islamabad and Lahore, operating on Sundays and Tuesdays.