KARACHI, Dec 4: PIA launched its first Boeing 737 flight operation on the Karachi-Sialkot-Karachi sector on Nov 30, carrying 118 passengers from Karachi. The flight will operate twice a week – every Friday and Tuesday.

The Sialkot International Airport has been completed at a cost of Rs2.5 billion through internal fund-raising by entrepreneurs of Sialkot. This is the first private sector investment in building a project of this magnitude and significance in the country as well as in South Asia.

Built over 1,050 acres, the airport is fully equipped for handling Boeing 747 and Airbus aircraft.