A setback for the national airline PIA

A setback for the national airline PIA

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has postponed its direct flights toSydney, which were scheduled to commence on April 22, after the AustralianHome Ministry decided to review security arrangements at the Lahore andKarachi Airports.

“The PIA is postponing the first two flights until the review iscompleted,” PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press statementhere on Thursday.

He said the PIA administration and the Pakistani embassy were in constantcontact with the Australian authorities and extending full cooperation incompleting the security review.

The spokesman said passengers of the first two scheduled flights were beinginformed about the postponement of the flights through the PIA’s callcentre.