PIA flight schedule for Dubai disrupted

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight schedule to Dubai was on Sunday due to adverse weather conditions in the Emirati city.

The PIA spokesman said that passengers are given facilities by the staff at Karachi airport, adding that other passengers have to contact the call center before arriving at the airport.

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PIA spokesman further said that the flights including PK-213 and 214 from Karachi to Dubai, PK-283 and 284 from Peshawar, PK-235 and 236 have been canceled, and the passengers have also been transferred to other flights including PK-211 and 212 from Islamabad, PK-203 and 204 from Lahore.

Passengers will now fly through Boeing 777 aircraft which had previously been scheduled to fly by another A-320 plane.

A delayed flight from Karachi to Dubai led to passenger demonstrations at the airport. The protest also delayed the departure of other international flights as passengers gathered around the counters of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) that stopped the process of boarding.

Earlier, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that fog will encompass plain areas of Punjab, few districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh for the next few days during the night and morning hours.

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According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the synoptic condition suggested the passage of a deep western wave from the upper parts of the country to the eastern divisions. In most parts of the country, cold and dry weather is predicted, while in the northern parts it will be very cold.