Islamabad (Dec 02, 2020): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Oriental Sky Aviation Ltd signed a landmark cargo charter agreement here on Wednesday paving the way for direct and daily dedicated cargo flights between Pakistan and China. The instrument of agreement was signed between PIA’s General Manager Charters and Managing Director (MD) Oriental Sky Aviation Mr. Rush Wang at Pakistan International Airlines offices. Chief executive officer (CEO) PIA Air Marshal Arshad Malik and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) PIA Mr. Ali Tahir Qasim were also present at the signing. As per the agreement, the national carrier will operate 7 weekly flights to Urumqi (China), with four flights a week originating from Islamabad and three flights from Lahore. It will be one of its kind operations as PIA has never operated daily cargo flights on this sector. Read also: PIA invites bids for 8 narrowbody aircraft PIA will be using its Airbus A320s for the said operations. On contact, PIA Spokesperson, Abdullah Khan said that during COVID -19, airlines all across the globe has seen unprecedented surge in demand for air cargo and many airlines across the world are converting their passenger planes to cargo freighters, to take advantage of this situation. Read … Continue reading PIA signs cargo charter with Oriental Sky Aviation Ltd