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Crisis-hit Pakistan International Airlines has cancelled more than 500 flights over non-payment of dues and unavailability of fuel while trying to operate flight on profitable routes.

Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan had claimed on the floor of the National Assembly that 40 percent of the PIA pilots had dubious licences, reports IANS.

PIA has announced that wearing undergarments for cabin crew is a must Pakistan International Airlines claims that inappropriate dress leaves a poor impression Grooming officials will monitor the cabin crew at all times for their attire

The PIA flight PK781 was destined to land in Toronto The flight had more than 250 passengers The plane will be refueled in Karachi for a 17-hour non-stop flight

PIA urges PM Imran Khan not to let foreign airlines use domestic routes All domestic carriers were keen to discuss the issue CAA should not allow foreign airlines to misuse the local company’s licenses, said Senator

EASA to conduct its own evaluation before lifting the ban EASA shall conduct an audit of the operator before lifting the suspension Pakistani carriers were restricted from flying to EU states in July 2020

PIA's pilot refused to fly because he had ended The incident took place on a flight between Riyadh and Islamabad The plane to make an emergency landing due to bad weather

Taliban want the airline prices to come down PIA cites dangers to its staff

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson said that media reports suggesting the flight operation would resume from Islamabad to Kabul from Monday have been taken out of context. 

Three planes of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) airlifted from China the consignment of one million Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccines on Sunday An additional two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will also be transported from China by the national flag carrier on April 29 The new consignment arrives as Pakistan struggles to combat the third wave of the pandemic

The statement added that the airline is in "touch with EASA to allay their concerns and hopes that the suspension will be revoked with our CBMs soon".

Pakistani authorities were conducting DNA tests to identify the severely charred bodies of the airplane that crashed into a residential area near the Jinnah International Aiport here, killing 97 people, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority has said that several PIA pilots have been found guilty of providing fake academic credentials.

In the Kiki challenge, the performer usually jumps out of a moving vehicle and dances to Canadian rapper Drake's song 'In My Feelings'. 

A video of a woman in a Pakistan International Airlines flight, asking crew members to open the doors of the flight as her baby fell unconscious, has emerged on the social media. According to Pakistan-based Dawn News, the baby fell unconscious allegedly due to fault in air conditioning.

Many passengers waiting for their flight at Skardu - a city in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of the country - were given boarding passes but said they kept waiting to get on a plane that had not even arrived.

The new airport, when it does open, promises to cater to nine million passengers each year. Airports in Delhi and Mumbai - in contrast - cater to more than 40 million passengers every year.

The passengers said that they had asked the airlines to drop them at Multan Airport which is 292 kilometres away from Rahim Yar Khan. 

The airline has cited ‘low traffic’ as the reason for its flight suspension. Some 500,000 Pakistanis live in the US.

The Pakistan government sought support from lawmakers across party lines to declare the loss-making flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) "bankrupt" and eventually shut it down, the media reported.