Tag: flight
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PIA announces special flights for Pak students ‘stranded in Ukraine’
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced special flights to bring back Pakistani students, “stranded in Ukraine.” PIA has scheduled two special flights that will leave tomorrow for Poland. “In coordination with FollowPakistan Embassy in Ukraine, PIA has planned repatriation FLTs for Pak Students stranded in Ukraine, the first 2 FLTs wud leave tomorrow for Poland…
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PIA staffer wins hearts for calming baby on flight
A picture of a crew member of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) calming a restless baby during a flight recently went viral on social media. Fakhr-e-Alam shared a picture of the head purser on an Islamabad-Karachi flight holding a baby in his arms. The singer shared that the PIA official had come to help an exhausted…
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Another Etihad plane from UAE carrying medical aid lands in Israel
United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier Etihad Airways sent its second flight to Israel in less than a month on Tuesday, carrying medical aid to help Palestinians tackle the coronavirus pandemic, witnesses and officials said. Jordan and Egypt aside, Arab countries have no official diplomatic ties with Israel, but Gulf Arab nations have had ever…
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A minute before landing, two days before Eid: What we know about PIA’s ill-fated flight PK8303
In yet another tragic chapter of Pakistan’s aviation history, Karachi-bound flight PK8303 of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Lahore on Friday crashed in a residential area of the port city a bit over a minute away from the airport, and two days before Eid. A majority among the 91 passengers of the ill-fated flight —…
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PIA flight from Lahore crashes in Karachi
A Karachi-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Lahore on Friday crashed a bit over a minute away from the port city’s airport, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sources said. The plane that crashed in Karachi’s Model Colony, was reportedly carrying 95 passengers. A video available with The Current showed houses located in the locality’s Jinnah…