PIA allowed to operate weekly flights to third Chinese city

Islamabad-xian service

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has allowed Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate direct weekly passenger flights on the Islamabad-xianislamabad route from next month. “Flight PK-856 will depart from Islamabad every Tuesday for Xian and PK857 will return to Islamabad the same day,” official sources said in Islamabad. The Islamabad-xian-islamabad will be the third direct flight of the national flag carrier between Pakistan and China. PIA is already operating weekly passenger flights on Islamabad-beijing-islamabad and Islamabad-chengdu-islamabad routes on Sundays and Wednesdays.