RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Inter­national Airlines is set to resume flights from Lahore and Karachi to Gilgit and Skardu from March 3.

A spokesman for PIA said that after Islamabad, flights to northern areas would now be operated from other parts of the country. “The launch of the flights is aimed at promoting tourism in the northern areas as weather improves,” the spokesman said.

Initially, PIA flights from Lahore to Gilgit and Skardu and from Karachi to Skardu were being launched, he said. PIA had last year operated flights to the northern areas from most parts of the country, with more than 200,000 tourists having reached Skardu and Gilgit.

In May last year, PIA started direct flights from Karachi to Skardu and Gilgit to promote tourism in GB, but later discontinued these flights due to winter season.

Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2022