PIA reduces Delhi flights due to fall in passenger numbers

Islamabad: Pakistan International Airlines has temporarily reduced the number of its flights to New Delhi due to a fall in the number of people travelling to India following tensions in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
The number of flights from Lahore to New Delhi has been reduced from four to three a week, PIA officials said. The decision followed a move by India last month to increase the minimum time for processing visa applications by Pakistanis to 30 days. The PIA officials said a"relatively low number of passengers" were travelling on the Lahore-New Delhi route.
A large number of businessmen used to travel on the route, enabling PIA to generate sufficient revenue to meet its expenses, but the number had now dropped to only 20 to 30 passengers for each flight, they said.
17/01/09 PTI/Indipia

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