Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated Pakistan Internation Airline’s (PIA) Premier Service on Pakistan’s Independence Day.
The first flight of PIA Premier will be from Islamabad to London after inauguration.
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Initially, about six weekly flights from both Islamabad and Lahore will be operated for London without any upward or downward revision of existing fares.
In addition to international routes, the PIA will also make the service available on some domestic routes.
Chairman PIA Azam Sehgal in an interview to international media had said that the service would better facilitate passengers.
The PIA had also said that the national airline had arranged for a three-week training for the crew. Earlier, a professional team from Sri Lanka was in Karachi to train the staff.
The premier service will be available for Club and Economy classes’ passengers on board the newly acquired aircraft from Sri Lanka on lease.
Meanwhile, PIA spokesman Danyal Gillani said the PIA had launched new logo of its Premier Service besides unveiling a new uniform for the crew members of the service.
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Answering a question, he said the crew members for Premier flights had already been imparted special training to properly look after the passengers onboard on one of the latest version aircraft of the Air Bus family.
He said the aircraft can carry about 330 passengers and crew, and that the PIA had already sold out all the tickets for the inaugural flight.