PIA to operate commercial flight to Germany on Sunday

Germany’s Ambassador to Pakistan Bernhard Schlagheck on Thursday said a commercial PIA flight had been arranged on April 26 (Sunday) from Islamabad to Frankfurt.

In a tweet, Schlagheck said tickets could be purchased from the PIA offices or through email.

A special commercial flight operated by @Official_PIA from Islamabad to Frankfurt has been arranged for 26 April 2020 at 7am. Tickets need to be purchased in PIA ticket offices or via email. For details please visit our website in English or German.https://t.co/fr43liMuVU

— Alfred Grannas (@GermanyinPAK) April 23, 2020

According to the German embassy, the flight will leave Islamabad International Airport on April 26 at 7am.

However, it said the embassy did not have any role in selecting the passengers. “Being not a repatriation flight in a classical sense – as the embassy organised on 30 March and 4 April 2020 – the flight on 26th April will be operated by PIA solely which means that the embassy has no role in pre-selecting passengers.”

The German nationals and Pakistani (or third country) nationals with valid residence permit in Germany can take advantage of the flight.

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“The flight is equally open to European citizens with a valid transit arrangement. The responsibility for complying with transit and possibly quarantine requirements for the onward journey from Frankfurt to final destinations in EU countries, including onward flight tickets, rests with the respective traveller,” the embassy said.