*KARACHI: **In yet another positive development, National Flag Carrierannounces to launch more flights on international route to Saudi Arabia.*
*The national flag-carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), has madean announcement to increase the number of flights to Saudi Arabia, citingsources.*
The airline administration said in its latest statement that new flightswill be commenced to Dammam from Peshawar and the first flight will flyfrom the provincial capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on September 19(Thursday).
The administration has also finalised preparations to startPeshawar-Madinah flights from the next month.
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Following the latest decision, the number of flights for Dammam willincrease up to 9, whereas, the figure will be raised to 42 for Jeddah afterthe commencement of new flight plans by the PIA administration, sourcesadded.
Earlier on Friday, it emerged that the federal government had decided toadd seven new aircraft to the fleet of Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) under the new business plan in line with the vision of Prime MinisterImran Khan.
