RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Internat­ional Airlines (PIA) has arranged to operate three special flights to bring cricket players, officials and broadcasters from Karachi to Lahore as the first flight with players and officials arrived at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore from Karachi on Monday.

A spokesman for PIA said that the first special flight PK-6312 arrived from Karachi on Monday at 6pm. He said the remaining two special flights would reach Lahore on Tuesday afternoon.

Boeing 777 and Airbus aircraft are being used for the special flights by the national flag carrier.

Published in Dawn, February 8th, 2022

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