PESHAWAR: Four flights were cancelled, and 18 others delayed across Pakistan due to airline operational issues, according to aviation officials.
The disruptions have affected both domestic and international routes.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled two Karachi to Quetta flights, while two international flights from Sharjah to Quetta were also cancelled. Officials did not provide details on the cause of the cancellations.
Several other flights were delayed, including private airlines’ Karachi to Lahore and Karachi to Islamabad routes, as well as PIA’s Karachi to Lahore service. Delays ranged from 90 minutes to nearly two hours. A Karachi to Sukkur PIA flight was delayed by 90 minutes, while the departure of a Multan to Jeddah flight was delayed by 1 hour and 45 minutes.
A Peshawar to Doha flight faced a one-hour delay, while a private airline’s Peshawar to Jeddah flight was also delayed by an hour.
International flights were similarly impacted. The Islamabad to London flight faced a two-hour delay, while flights between Islamabad and Dushanbe, Islamabad and Istanbul, and Karachi to Dubai were all delayed by up to 90 minutes. A Karachi to Istanbul flight was also delayed by an hour and 15 minutes.
Aviation officials said they are working to resolve the issues causing the delays and cancellations, though no timeline has been provided for when operations will return to normal.
Few days ago, PIA cancelled six flights today due to operational issues.
According to the flight schedule, delays had also affected the arrival and departure of 25 domestic and international flights to and from various airports across the country.
The cancelled flights include PIA’s PK 302 and PK 303 from Lahore to Karachi, as well as PK 293 from Multan to Sharjah.
Additionally, flight PK 182 from Sharjah to Islamabad and two flights from Islamabad to Chitral—PK 660 and PK 661—have also been cancelled.
Furthermore, delays had impacted three flights from Islamabad to Jeddah, operated by both PIA and a private airline. PIA’s flight PK 233 from Lahore to Dubai was facing a delay of one and a half hours, while a private airline’s flight ER 523 from Lahore to Karachi will depart over three hours late. –Agencies
