KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has allowed British Airways to operate direct flights from Lahore to London.
According to a notification, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has granted permission to British Airways to land at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore.
“The approval is stipulated with the condition to review the schedule/slot upon resumption of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operation to the UK,” the notification said.
The aviation authority’s air transportation department has issued a certificate to the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom (UK).
According to a schedule, the airline will operate direct flights from Lahore, Pakistan to London Heathrow four days a week.
The direct flights from Lahore will start from October 14, 2020. All flights will be operated by a Boeing 787-8 departing from Heathrow Terminal 5, landing at Lahore’s International Airport, according to British Airways airline.
It is pertinent to mention here that British Airways resumed flight operations to Pakistan in June 2019.
Flight operations that were suspended again due to the coronavirus pandemic resumed in August. The airline already flies from Islamabad.
Earlier, British Airways was seeking permission from Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) to start operating flights to Lahore, as a team of experts from the airline visited Allama Iqbal International Airport to review arrangements.
The airline, which resumed flights to Pakistan after more than a decade last year in June, already flies to Islamabad. The carrier first flew to Islamabad in 1976.
