RAWALPINDI: Pak­istan International Airlines (PIA) is set to resume its direct flights to Paris today (Friday), marking the end of a four-and-a-half-year suspension.

The first flight, PK-749, operated by a Boeing 777 (AP-BGK), will depart from Islamabad Intern­ational Airport (IIAP) at 12:10pm, carrying 330 passengers and 14 crew members.

The inaugural flight will be seen off by Avi­ation Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, secretary aviation, PIA CEO Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat, the directors general of the Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan Airport Authority, and other senior officials.

To celebrate the rela­unch, PIA has........

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