PIA Planning to Operate Flights from Karachi to Chitral and Gilgit

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PIA Planning to Operate Flights from Karachi to Chitral and Gilgit

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According to news sources, PIA is planning to operate direct flights to link Chitral and Gilgit with Karachi to boost tourism.

Flights will also provide convenient air travel facility to the residents of Chitral and Gilgit and areas around these two cities.

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Re: PIA Planning to Operate Flights from Karachi to Chitral and Gilgit

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Why don’t they simply deploy a 777 on PK 300? KHI-GIL/CJL is obviously not possible. I even doubt that the direct flight to GIL from LHE will be possible. It’ll have to be LHE-GIL-ISB or vice versa or something like the Saidu arrangement.
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Re: PIA Planning to Operate Flights from Karachi to Chitral and Gilgit

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Abbas Ali wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:18 am According to news sources, PIA is planning to operate direct flights to link Chitral and Gilgit with Karachi to boost tourism.

Flights will also provide convenient air travel facility to the residents of Chitral and Gilgit and areas around these two cities.

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In case of diversion due weather at destination (which is about 30%) if not Karachi will airline provide hotel and meals till next flight to passengers or divert back to Karachi