LAHORE – For the first time in history, the national flag carrier PIA willfly directly to South Africa along with the national cricket team for theupcoming bilateral cricket series.
A special chartered flight, in a Boeing 777, will leave for Johannesburg onMarch 26.
Reports in local media suggest PCB had requested for a chartered plane fromthe national flag-carrier owing to the health of the players who can beexposed to the coronavirus while travelling on a commercial flight.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a permit to the special PIAflight, allowing it to bring along Pakistani passengers on its way back onMarch 27.
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According to a PIA spokesperson, the Pakistani embassy in Johannesburg hasinitiated preparations to register the names of the civilian passengers whowill travel on the rare flight. He said that South Africa is one of theCategory-C countries and assured that all coronavirus SOPs specified by thePakistan government will be implemented on the flight.
