Flight operation partially restored at Lahore airport

LAHORE: Following intense tension between Pakistan and India, flight operation at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, has been partially restored, ARY News reported.

Different flights of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) are expected to land at the airport on Sunday (today).

Flights PK-302 from Karachi and PK-706 from Jeddah will land at 11:00 am.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), flight operation of Lahore airport has been partially restored and all the airlines have been informed about it.

The CAA NOTAM said the Lahore airport would remain partially functioning till March 8.

While, operations at Sialkot, Multan, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan airports would remain suspended till Monday (tomorrow).

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During the last four days more than four hundred flights and 25,000 passengers have been affected. PIA’s staff deputed at stations are working day and night to facilitate the passengers. More than 8,000 passengers have been transported to their destination since restoration of the flight operations.

The flight operations had been suspended at Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and other major airports of the country, after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets as the latter violated the Line of Control on February 27.

The PIA on Saturday had resumed flight operation at four major airports in the country.

After a hiatus amid tension between Pakistan and India, the PIA had resumed its flight operation at Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta.

The PIA chief executive officer was supervising the operations, while leaves of the airline’s staff had been cancelled.

The CAA sources said 36 local and international flights scheduled to depart from Lahore airport on Saturday were cancelled, while 38 flights scheduled to arrive at Lahore airport were also cancelled.