PESHAWAR: Saudi Airlines will resume flight operations to and from Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar from today onwards, Terminal Manager Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Peshawar Airport, Syed Latiful Haq said.

It will operate its first Hajj flight today which will arrive at the Bacha Khan Airport at 12:40 pm from Riyadh and will leave for Jeddah at 2:15 pm.

Saudi Airlines had officially announced to restart its operations from August 28, after remaining suspended for a over a month in the wake of an attack on PIA 756 flight on June 25 which left a woman dead and other two crew members injured.

Meanwhile, Haq said that it is expected that Etihad Airways may also resume its operations from September 1 as it gave its deadline of suspension until August 31.

The suspension of flights has adversely affected airport activities and the general public as well.


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Six international airlines, including Etihad, Gulf, Saudi Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Qatar and Air Arabia, are operating from Peshawar airport, mostly carrying the working class of KP to Middle Eastern countries and other destinations.


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Apart from Air Arabia, all other international airlines had announced suspension of their operations from Peshawar following the July 25 incident.

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