KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to resume direct flight operations to Toronto which were suspended due to the pandemic.
According to a PIA spokesperson, Canadian officials have allowed the national airline to resume flights to Toronto, which were earlier restricted to cargo flights only due to the surge in coronavirus cases.
However, other travel-related advisories relating to Canada will remain in place. In the first phase, PIA will start with three direct flights per week from Pakistan to Toronto. PIA CEO assured the Canadian government that the airline will be following strict standard operating procedures
PIA has already vaccinated its entire crew and ground staff against COVID-19 and is now in the process to vaccinate all airline employees, begin the first airline in the region take such measures.
PIA CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik has instructed PIA officials to immediately start processing the sale of tickets and it is expected that the first flight will resume from Sunday.
Passengers will be required to present COVID vaccination certificates as well as a negative COVID tests prior to their travel.
The temporary restrictions were earlier placed by Canadian authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.
Passengers buying new tickets, or in possession of those bought earlier, can utilise their tickets subject to meeting the terms and conditions of travel.
