British Airways to restart its flights in Pakistan from June 2019

ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner Thomas Drew said the British Airways will restart its flight operations in Pakistan from June 2019 ten years after suspending its operation in the wake of an attack on Marriott Hotel Islamabad.

In a video posted on Twitter on Tuesday, he said, “I am glad that British Airways is resuming its direct flights operation in Pakistan after ten years.” The decision has been taken following the improvement of law and order situation in Pakistan and a scope of education and trade is expanding between the two countries, he further said.

He said he is looking forward to arrival of the first British Airways flight in June 2019.

Following the announcement, Pakistan military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor took to Twitter and thanked the British Airways for reviving it flight operations in Pakistan.

In a statement issued by the airliner said: “British Airways has today announced that it will fly from Heathrow to Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, from June 2, 2019. Tickets are on sale from today”.

Robert Williams, Head of Sales for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, said, “It’s exciting to be flying between Islamabad and Heathrow from next year, which we believe will be particularly popular with the British Pakistani community who want to visit, or be visited by, their relatives. On the route, customers will enjoy the very best in flying.

Not only is it being operated on our newest long-haul aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but it will also be landing in to the new airport in Islamabad, which opened earlier this year.”