Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad welcomes PIA operation to Paris

Paris: Pakistani Ambassador to Farnce Asim Iftikhar Ahmad this week welcomed the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operation to Paris.

“Good news – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to resume operation to Paris. Direct flights between Pakistan and France will facilitate travel & contribute towards enhancing business, tourism, family visits and people-people contacts,” the envoy on posted on X. The PIA flights will be operational in January 2025

Earlier the PIA said it will resume flights to Europe in January, starting with Paris, after the EU aviation regulator lifted a ban on the national flag carrier.

PIA’s has also opened new tab authorisation to operate in the EU was suspended in June 2020 over concerns about the ability of Pakistani authorities and its Civil Aviation Authority to ensure compliance with international aviation standards.

“We have got approval for the first flight’s schedule we had filed,” PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez Khan said, adding that the airline would be opening bookings on Dec. 9 for its planned January 10 flight of a Boeing 777 to Paris.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Britain suspended PIA’s permission to operate in the region after Pakistan began probing a scandal over the validity of pilots’ licences in the wake of a plane crash that killed 97 people.