"Direct flights from London Heathrow to Islamabad's new airport to start in June," British High Commissioner Thomas Drew said in a video on Twitter Tuesday. "A further boost to links between the UK and Pakistan, especially on trade and investment," he added. — Thomas Drew (@TomDrewUK) December 18, 2018 In September 2008, British Airways suspended all flights to Pakistan "for an indefinite period" as a precautionary measure after the Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad that killed 54 people and injured almost 300. "The route will launch as a three-per-week service, operated on a three-class Boeing 787 Dreamliner — British Airways' newest long-haul fleet that is 20 percent more fuel efficient than other aircraft and features larger windows, mood lighting and the latest inflight entertainment," according to a Monday press release on the airline's website. "All of us … [Read more...] about ‘Groundbreaking’ Take Off: British Airways to Resume Flights to Pakistan in June
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British Airways to restart flights to Pakistan in mid-2019
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The British Airways will restart its flights to Pakistan in June 2019 - a positive occurrence for the two countries to grow their multi-dimensional links, Pakistan's Dispatch News Desk (DND) news agency reported. The resumption will take place 10 years after the UK’s national air carrier had suspended its flights to Pakistan. The British Airways said it would start flights between London’s Heathrow Airport and New Islamabad International Airport from June 15, 2019. Initially, three flights a week will be operated between London and Islamabad by three class Boeing 786 Dreamliner aircrafts. In a statement, British High Commissioner in Islamabad Thomas Drew expressed the delight over the resumption of British Airways’ flights to Pakistan, saying it would further boost links between the UK and Pakistan, especially in trade and investment. “I am delighted to be welcoming British Airways back to Pakistan. The launch of direct flights by British’s flag carrier … [Read more...] about British Airways to restart flights to Pakistan in mid-2019
British Airways announces return to Pakistan after a decade
British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next summer, the carrier announced Tuesday, in a major vote of confidence from a Western airline a decade after suspending operations due to security fears. The British carrier, which halted services in 2008 after the deadly Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad, will return in June 2019 with three weekly flights from London's Heathrow airport to the Pakistani capital, airline officials said. British Airways had six weekly flights to the Pakistani capital before the Marriott attack, which killed more than 50 people and triggered a major drawdown by embassies and international agencies over safety concerns. The carrier's announcement was "a reflection of the great improvements in the security situation in Pakistan" in the years since, said British High Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew in a statement. "We only fly somewhere when we know it's safe to do so," Robert Williams, BA's head of sales for Asia, told a press conference in … [Read more...] about British Airways announces return to Pakistan after a decade
British Airways to resume flights to Pakistan for first time in over a decade
British Airways has announced it will be resuming a service to Islamabad, Pakistan, nearly a decade after it first suspended flights there. The airline originally ran a service to the city, but ended the schedule in 2008 following a suicide bomb attack in the Islamabad Marriott Hotel which left 54 people dead, and over 200 injured. However, 11 years on the airline is set to once again offer flights in a new direct service from London Heathrow to the Pakistani capital. Tickets are already on sale on the British Airways website, although the first flights won't take off until Sunday 2nd June 2019. Return fares start from £499pp in World Traveller (the airline's economy cabin), £773pp for World Traveller Plus or £1,799pp for Club World. The news comes just months after Islamabad opened a new airport, which began operations in May. Robert Williams, Head of Sales for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, said: "It’s exciting to be flying between Islamabad and … [Read more...] about British Airways to resume flights to Pakistan for first time in over a decade
Female British Airways pilot who was told to get an office job says ‘girls, you can do this’
A British Airways pilot hoping to inspire more women to take on the role says she realised her dream of flying passenger jets only after ignoring teachers’ advice to get an office job. First Officer Hannah Vaughan battled to get information on flying during careers advice at school in Derbyshire, where she was told working in an office was a realistic prospect. But her persistence paid off when she won a place on BA’s cadet programme. The airline covered the £100,000 cost of her two-year training and the 27-year-old, of Kingston-upon-Thames, now flies Airbus A320s across Europe. She hopes to become one of the industry’s very few female captains. Ms Vaughan was speaking as BA launched a drive to recruit more female pilots ahead of its centenary in 2019. Of its 4,300 pilots, 300 are women — nearly double the industry average, at 7 per cent. Ms Vaughan said: “I dreamed of being a pilot. The most difficult part was finding a route into it. … [Read more...] about Female British Airways pilot who was told to get an office job says ‘girls, you can do this’