Flight operations at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport were restored on Sunday following a temporary suspension earlier due to fault in a submarine internet cable, which has since been repaired, DawnNews reported.
Internet services were restored after a 38-hour-long disruption caused by a fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe submarine cable.
The disruption prevented airport officials confirming flight schedules and ticket bookings, as a result of which at least eight flights domestic and international flights were cancelled earlier today, airport officials told DawnNews.
The cancelled flights include:
Domestic
- PA-201: Islamabad-Karachi
- PK-368: Karachi-Islamabad
International
- PA-210: Islamabad-Dubai
- PK-701: Islamabad-Manchester
- NL-705: Islamabad-Madina
- NL-706: Madina-Islamabad
- PA-211: Dubai-Islamabad
- PK-742: Jeddah-Islamabad
According to ProPakistani, two other submarine cables, SEA-ME-WE 4 and TW1, have been offline since last month due to similar flaws, which has resulted in a bottleneck after I-ME-WE's breakdown.
The loss of these three submarine cables leaves Pakistan relying on SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 5 and the AAE-1 submarine cables, out of which SEA-ME-WE 3 operates in a limited capacity, while the other two were installed only recently, ProPakistani had said.
