Special flights from UAE to Pakistan from next week
Muzaffar Rizvi /Dubai Filed on April 14, 2020, | Last updated on April 15, 2020, at 12.16 am Passengers may have to pay up to Dh2,000 per seat. Stranded Pakistanis in the UAE are expected to start returning home from next week as the UAE and Pakistani airlines will operate special flights once they receive the go-ahead from the governments, Khaleej Times has learned. Sources said Emirates, flydubai and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) are ready to launch special flight operations for stranded Pakistani nationals by April 21 when Pakistan is expected to lift the aviation ban on some international flights. "The UAE and Pakistani authorities are finalizing details for special flights. We are ready to send PIA aircraft to bring back stranded Pakistanis once we get the green signal from the Pakistan government, " according to a source in PIA. He said one PIA special flight from Dubai is expected on April 18 if the government grants permission to the a...