KATHMANDU, DEC 16 - After two years of suspension, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced the resumption of its Karachi-Kathmandu flights from January 1, 2004.
The airlines was forced to suspend its flight since January 1, 2002 after India imposed restriction on PIA planes from flying through its airspace following the attacks on the Indian Parliament by the terrorist in December 2001.
"The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has already approved the PIA flight schedule," said Nagendra Prasad Ghimire, the CAAN Director General. As per the schedule, the Pakistan’s national flag carrier will operate its Boeing 737 aircraft or an Airbus 310 in this sector and fly twice a week -Wednesday and Saturday- from Karachi. The PIA has been ferrying travellers to and from Nepal for the last two decades. During its operation in 2001, the airlines had carried 6,194 passengers, which is 2.1 per cent of the total air passengers that arrived to Nepal that year.
Earlier, in June 2002, the PIA, following the Indian government’s decision to withdraw its earlier restriction on the Pakistani aircraft from using its airspace, had decided to resume the Kathmandu flights within a short period. The decision, however, could not take effect immediately as the airlines decided to fly over the Indian airspace only upon getting permission to fly to Indian cities.Posted on: 2003-12-17 04:27

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