PIA adds 11 extra flights for Umrah

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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has planned 11 extra Boeing 777 flights to Jeddah after the increased demand for Umrah between 21st and 30th Nov.

According to PIA spokesman, these flights would be operated from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Multan.

“These flights are in addition to the four additional weekly flights to Jeddah that have already been added to PIA’s winter schedule which was adopted at the start of November, taking the total number of weekly Jeddah flights from 21 to 25, adding a weekly capacity of more than 1,000 passengers,” PIA announced.

“This is the result of an aggressive sales campaign launched by the marketing department of PIA to pro-actively sell Umrah flights two months ago.”

In a meeting held in Karachi, Chief Executive Officer PIA, Bernd Hildenbrand said that Umrah operation is a top priority for the airline and all efforts are being made to facilitate the passengers.

The PIA has already obtained additional slots from Saudi Civil Aviation Authority (GACA), for the whole Umrah season, so that more capacity is available with PIA, in case the demand increases.

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