Pakistan International Airlines continues to reel from a fuel supply crisis with 49 more flights being cancelled on Thursday despite payements being made to Pakistan State Oil. The total number of flights cancelled in the last 10 days has reached 479.
Reports said that a payement of Rs130 million has been made by the airline to PSO. However, it has not led to any relief from the burden on the national flag carrier.
The reports also added that PIA’s deficit reached a mammoth Rs712.8 billion in June this year. The airline owes Rs435 billion in debt while Rs156 billion are needed to keep it operational.
PIA is facing losses worth Rs500 million daily which have amount to losses of $7 billion over the last 10 days.
The flights cancelled on Thursday include:
From Karachi
Islamabad bound PK-300, PK-301, PK-368, PK-369 and PK-370
Turbat bound PK-501 and PK-502
Lahore bound PK-302, PK-303, PK-304, PK-305
Quetta bound PK-310 and PK-311
Sukkur bound PK-536 and PK-537
Dubai bound PK-2018 and PK-213
Jeddah bound PK-732
From Islamabad
Skardu bound PK-451 and PK-452
Gilgit bound PK-601, PK-602, PK-605 and PK-606
Chitral bound PK-660 and PK-661
Multan bound PK-681 and PK-682
Dubai bound PK-211
Jeddah bound PK-841
Abu Dhabi bound PK-261 and PK-262
From Sialkot
Abu Dhabi bound PK-177 and PK-178
Damam bound PK-243 and PK-244
From Multan
Karachi bound PK-331
From Faisalabad
Muscat bound PK-165 and PK-166
From Peshawar
Doha bound PK-285
Abu Dhabi bound PK-217 and PK-218
From Lahore
Muscat bound PK-229 and PK-230
International arrivals
Jeddah to Peshawar PK-736
Dubai to Sialkot PK-180
Doha to Lahore PK-280
Dubai to Lahore PK-204
Sharjah to Multan PK-294
