Times of Islamabad

Heavy snowfall forces cancellation of number of PIA flights

Heavy snowfall forces cancellation of number of PIA flights

ISLAMABAD – Heavy snowfall in Quetta disrupted air traffic on Sunday,forcing cancellation of a number of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)flights to and from the provincial capital.

According to details, PIA flights, 363 (from Quetta to Karachi), 323(Islamabad-Quetta), 311 (Karachi-Quetta-Karachi) and 326 Lahore-Quetta havebeen cancelled.

Besides, the national flag carrier also cancelled its flights PK-605, 606,451 and 452 owing to poor visibility in Skardu and Gilgit.

A spokesperson for the airline, Abdullah Khan said passengers are beingkept in the loop about cancellation of flights or otherwise on givencontact numbers. He asked them to cooperate with PIA, saying the airlinecan’t take any kind of risk in such weather.

Balochistan received rain and snowfall while the met office has forecastchances of rain with occasional gusty winds in Karachi on Sunday.