BEIJING: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) further reduced round trip fare for passengers travelling on its flights operating from China to Pakistan with immediate effect.

New round trip fare from Beijing-Islamabad-Beijing and Chengdu-Islamabad-Chengdu will now be RMB 7,915. It will greatly facilitate those passengers living in China who plan to travel to Pakistan for business, work or to meet their families during holidays, senior official told APP here. PIA is currently operating weekly passenger flights on Beijing-Islamabad-Beijing and Chengdu-Islamabad-Chengdu routes on Sunday and Wednesday respectively. China has already scraped quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting from January 8. However, passengers travelling to China need to take nucleic acid test within 48 hours before boarding their flights to China. Talking to APP, Ali Imran Pakistani educationist said that new reduced fare would greatly facilitate Chinese tourists who plan to visit Pakistan as both Pakistan and China are celebrating this year as tourism year to promote people to people exchange.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 02 2023

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