Shortage of aircrafts has led the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to close down 36 international and local flights.
According to media reports, already on the verge of being privatised, PIA had now suspended 31 international and five local flights in a week, adding that 28 flights had been suspended temporarily while eight permanently.
Five flights bound for Abu Dhabi and Masqat and eight for Dubai had been closed down temporarily while, two flights, each bound for Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Kandahar and Zahidan have been suspended permanently.
Locally, three flights for Hyderabad and two for Nawabshah had been suspended.
A PIA spokesman said the national carrier’s flight schedule would get better after the haj operation.