Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia suspends flights from Pakistan
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday has announced to suspend flights from Pakistan and 20 other countries.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday has announced to suspend flights from Pakistan and 20 other countries to prevent coronavirus spread, Dunya News reported.
The Saudi government has temporarily suspended flights from several countries including Germany, the United States, Britain, South Africa, France, Egypt, Lebanon, India, and Pakistan to be effective from 9:00 today (Wednesday).
It may be noted that the flight operation, before the impending travel ban which is due tomorrow 8:00 PM, will continue as per schedule.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights from Sialkot to Dammam, from Multan to Medina, and Islamabad to Riyadh will operate as charted, PIA authorities have confirmed.
It may also be noted that two of PIA flights, Karachi to Jeddah and Lahore to Medina, are en route to the Kingdome as this development has come to the fore.
PIA also noted that it will continue its operations to bring back Pakistanis willing to travel back to the country while underlining that the bookings made by clients to travel to KSA have been thus postponed until next available flights as soon as the ban has been lifted.
