PIA suspends flights to Beijing till March 15 due to coronavirus scare
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to suspend its flights to Beijing till March 15 because of novel coronavirus that has left nearly 2,500 people dead in China.
The national flag carrier operates its Islamabad-Beijing-Tokyo flight twice a week.
PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez told Dawn that the airline had decided to suspend its flights due to coronavirus, adding that the operation would be resumed keeping the situation in view.
Earlier, Pakistan had suspended its flight operation to and from China on Jan 30 for three days.
Published in Dawn, February 24th, 2020
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Feb 24, 2020 08:53am
so CPEC has cancelled then ??
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Feb 24, 2020 09:07am
Iron friend, ironic behaviour!!
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Feb 24, 2020 09:09am
Left iron brother in trouble, just look back on earlier statements
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Feb 24, 2020 09:28am
If this was true, why did they not evacuate the Pakistani students from Wuhan two weeks ago using PIA aircraft?
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Feb 24, 2020 09:30am
Not a good show of solidarity
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Feb 24, 2020 09:47am
What happened to the iron brothers for life :)
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Feb 24, 2020 10:23am
Has China also stopped it's flights towards Pak?
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Feb 24, 2020 10:24am
What happened to solidarity. If you are afraid the flight could be dangerous, think of the danger that Pakistani students are living with in China
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Feb 24, 2020 10:32am
Congrats for Quick action
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Feb 24, 2020 10:36am
Looks like Indians have nothing better o do than post jealous comments here. Maybe you should all go stand outside to clap for Trump !
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Feb 24, 2020 10:37am
Better late than never - should have picked up our students on the last flight out.
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Feb 24, 2020 10:54am
Good
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Feb 24, 2020 11:13am
@Anand, they will come by bus
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Feb 24, 2020 11:34am
Reason is not enough passengers, Not coronavirus.
Why PIA did not bring back citizens ? Because who will pay.
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Feb 24, 2020 11:52am
boss hygiene is the only thing right now to handle this
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Feb 24, 2020 12:32pm
Most countries have cancelled flights to China mainland.
For all those trolls saying Pakistan has abandoned China.
It's called protecting your people and country.
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Feb 24, 2020 01:27pm
Too little, too late.
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Feb 24, 2020 01:58pm
@Sri Lanka, Once CPEC is there and the road is made. Hope they’ll have the money for the toll tax.
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Feb 24, 2020 04:06pm
@Simple Logic, Well said. They trolls come here as it is there national duty.
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Feb 24, 2020 04:36pm
@Ravi-Pune,
In your dreams
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Feb 24, 2020 07:21pm
One day it’s on the other day it’s off. Welcome to our yo-yo governance .
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Feb 24, 2020 09:33pm
How PIA is sure that after March 15th, the Coronavirus would disappear?
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