KARACHI: Scores of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights have been cancelled on Tuesday due scarcity of funds, ARY News reported quoting assets.
Sources privy to the advance informed ARY News {that a} quantity of home flights to and from Karachi have been cancelled because the nationwide flag provider failed to pay Pakistan State Oil (PSO) for gasoline provide.
The cancelled flights come with Karachi-Muscat, and two-way home ones from Karachi to Faisalabad, Islamabad and Lahore, in accordance to assets.
Similarly, fights from Karachi to Turbat, Bahawalpur, and Sukkur have additionally been suspended, airline assets stated.
The insiders stated the nationwide flag provider has asked the federal government for fast provision of funds.
Earlier it emerged that Pakistan International Airline (PIA) is most probably to flooring extra planes amid the present monetary disaster.
The flight suspension looms at the PIA heads as 15 extra airplane shall be grounded if the nationwide airline does now not pay the volume inside of two days.
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Sources throughout the PIA published if the funds don’t seem to be given it should have an effect on the flight operation and over 30 planes are anticipated to flooring.
The nationwide airline is in want of the funds however the caretaker executive refused to unencumber the funds.
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