In a major development, British Airways is set to resume flights to Pakistan late on Sunday after the suspension of service for more than 10 years.
Sources told Hum News that British Airways flight BAW-261 carrying 240 passengers will leave London at 9 pm and arrive at Islamabad airport at 9:25 am on Monday. Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar, Secretary Aviation Sharukh Nusrat and officials from the British embassy in Islamabad will receive the passengers.
The sources said that the British Airways flight BAW-206 with 260 passengers on board will leave the Islamabad airport for London at 11 am on Monday.
The sources said that British airline is scheduled to fly three times a week to Islamabad from London Heathrow airport.
According to the media reports, British Airways had suspended flights to Pakistan after a bombing in Islamabad in 2008 killed more than 50 people.
According to the media reports, Prime Minister Imran Khan had intervened personally to lobby for the resumption of British Airways flights to Pakistan.
