KARACHI, Oct 8: The Civil Aviation Authority said on Monday the country’s airspace and airports remained open to commercial traffic, but following the start of attacks on Afghanistan it would review the situation every hour.
“ Everything is normal and we have issued clearance to all in- and out-bound flights to land and take off from any airport in Pakistan,” said Air Vice-Marshall Arshad Sethi, deputy director-general, CAA.
“ We are reviewing the situation on an hourly basis and as and when the situation develops we will issue necessary instructions,” Sethi said.
Meanwhile, the Dubai government-owned Emirates Airline said it had resumed its flights to Pakistan after cancelling all fights “as a precaution,” late on Sunday.
“Sunday’s Lahore and Islamabad flights were cancelled and early on Monday the Karachi-Dhaka service did not land at Karachi and went direct to Dhaka,” a statement of Emirates said.
It added that all its flights from Pakistan on Monday evening would operate normally.
QUETTA FLIGHTS: Pakistan International Airlines said it had suspended its flights to Quetta, following violence there which left one person dead.
Flights to several other cities in the area had also been scrapped.
Several airlines, including Malaysian Airline, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, EgyptAir and British Airways have suspended flights to Pakistan because of security concerns.—Reuters
