Islamabad, June 17, 2020: With the special repatriation flight lifting off from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan carrying 142 stranded Pakistani students, the total number of people uplifted by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) since April 4, 2020 reached an unprecedented 100,000 level. This is the largest repatriation operation ever under taken in this history of the country, the spokesperson of the national flag carrier said. Since the suspension of flight operation in March 2020, hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis got stranded which created one of the most critical humanitarian crisis specially in wake of global economic shut down. The worst affected areas still are Gulf and Middle East countries which has the largest number of expat population. The pressure was immense due to sheer number of expat population struggling to get back and limited capability within the country for hundred percent screening of all incoming passengers. PIA’s sixth special flight takes off from Chicago Despite having limited capability earlier on, it has now significantly increased with the government easing the restrictions for all incoming passengers. Previously with travel restrictions, limited quota and most flights being operated one way empty, the cost of operations were too high for all the airliners, hence Government directed … Continue reading PIA achieves a new milestone !