ISLAMABAD: Turkish private airline company Pegasus on Saturday announcedplans to launch flights to Pakistan.
According to a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), thePegasus airline will launch flights to Pakistan from March 28.
The air transport department of CAA has issued an official travelnotification to Turkish airline Pegasus for flight operation. The Turkishcarrier will fly between Karachi and Istanbul four times a week, said CAAin a statement.
The move comes following the Turkish President Erdogan’s successful visitto Pakistan.
Earlier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will start direct flights tothe United States (US) from April 2020 as the preparations have beenentered into its final phase.
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The national flag-carrier will initiate direct flights between Pakistan-USfrom the month of April next year and the PIA administration soughtpermission from the American officials for it besides providing relateddocuments and plans.
Sources added that PIA will utilise its long-range Boeing 777 aircraft forthe flight operation to the US. It is pertinent to mention here that a teamof homeland security of US had visited Pakistan to overview of thearrangements for direct flights at Islamabad and Karachi airports.
In March last year, American authorities had green- lightenedlink PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA) for the direct flight operations to the UnitedStates (US).
