Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to expand its air service to China, facilitating the growing number of passengers on Islamabad-Urumqi route. The flight operation on this route will start within next couple of months. There will be one or two flights in a week and the passengers will be offered competitive fare. According to the PIA's sources in Beijing, the airline is now in a process of setting up its office in Urumqi in Xinjiang Province and making other necessary arrangements.
An agreement has been signed to expand air services between the two countries. It enabled the Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and the PIA to increase their operation on Karachi-Islamabad, Beijing, Urumqi and Shanghai routes.
Under the agreement, the PIA is entitled to increase the maximum passenger and cargo flights to China to 14 per week from the present four per week, the approved limit.
The PIA has also been allowed to operate to Los Angeles in the West Coast of United States through China, in addition to already available route for Japan. The operation on this route is delayed, owing to non-availability of aircraft, the sources said.
The two sides have almost concluded the arrangements for facilitating their airline passengers to travel between the two countries under a code-sharing system as well.
It will be the first-ever deal of its nature in the PIA's history. By code sharing with Chinese airline, China's entire airspace would be opened for Pakistan. With one ticket or boarding card, Pakistani citizens would be able to visit several cities in China.
Similarly, the passengers of China Southern Airline will be able to travel through PIA to any of its destination in Pakistan, by using the same document.
The sources said, they are trying to implement this arrangement as soon as possible, after getting "Safety-audit" clearance from the relevant international Agency.
An agreement has been signed to expand air services between the two countries. It enabled the Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and the PIA to increase their operation on Karachi-Islamabad, Beijing, Urumqi and Shanghai routes.
Under the agreement, the PIA is entitled to increase the maximum passenger and cargo flights to China to 14 per week from the present four per week, the approved limit.
The PIA has also been allowed to operate to Los Angeles in the West Coast of United States through China, in addition to already available route for Japan. The operation on this route is delayed, owing to non-availability of aircraft, the sources said.
The two sides have almost concluded the arrangements for facilitating their airline passengers to travel between the two countries under a code-sharing system as well.
It will be the first-ever deal of its nature in the PIA's history. By code sharing with Chinese airline, China's entire airspace would be opened for Pakistan. With one ticket or boarding card, Pakistani citizens would be able to visit several cities in China.
Similarly, the passengers of China Southern Airline will be able to travel through PIA to any of its destination in Pakistan, by using the same document.
The sources said, they are trying to implement this arrangement as soon as possible, after getting "Safety-audit" clearance from the relevant international Agency.
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