RAWALPINDI: The Pakis­tan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA) has granted permission to Air Arabia of Abu Dhabi to operate four flights to and from Faisalabad and Multan in a week.

In a letter to the company, the PCAA said the competent authority was pleased to authorise Air Arabia of Abu Dhabi to operate four flights to and from Faisalabad and Multan in a week.

Two flights would be operated between Abu Dhabi and Multan and two others between Abu Dhabi and Faisalabad, it said.

Meanwhile, the PCAA has issued a Covid-19 guideline for safe tourism in the country with continuing travel restrictions in addition to random restricted air travel (RAT) for inbound passengers, if the Gilgit-Baltistan government considered it important to ensure safe tourism.

The PCAA had already revised the guideline which took effect from July 1 on air travel to Gilgit-Baltistan as no boarding would be allowed to passengers over 30 years of age without valid Covid-19 vaccination certificates.

Foreign tourists, mountaineers and trekkers on flights to Gilgit-Baltistan will continue to ensure compliance with all relevant SOPs, including policy on international inbound passengers.

Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2021

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