Govt announces resumption of int’l flight operations from June 20

Sandra Loyd

— Repatriation flights through all providers will start operating at 25 percent capability from June 20

ISLAMABAD: While revealing the resumption of all flight operations from June 20, the federal government on Wednesday stated that international travelers looking for to board incoming flights can now purchase tickets straight from the airline company rather of scheduling a flight through the embassy.

Pakistan had actually suspended international flight operations on March 22 to consist of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the nation. As the Pakistan International Airline Companies (PIA) began operating repatriation flights, non-resident nationals who were aiming to return home were directed to reserve a seat through the embassy or its consulates.

Resolving an interview on the procedure for those showing up in Pakistan, Consultant to Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf and Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari revealed that repatriation flights through all providers will start operating at 25 percent capability from June 20.

Nevertheless, he stated that if a traveler does not feel the need to right away return, ought to refrain from doing so and rather let somebody with high top priority board the flight.

The consultants likewise revealed that everyone showing up in Pakistan needs to quarantine.

“Thermal scanning will be done at airports and questions will be asked by healthcare experts,” Yusuf stated, including that if they believe them to have coronavirus, they will be required to hotels and kept there till results are gotten.

” Those who test unfavorable will go home however quarantine for 14 days. Those who test favorable will be kept by the federal government at quarantine centres. Those checking unfavorable too will have to follow through with quarantine; the Tracking, Screening and Quarantine (TTQ) team will examine up on them.

Resolving the online forum, Bukhari stated: “If you don’t observe the 14-day self-quarantine and we have to close our airspace, you will create difficulty for those working abroad.”

He likewise advised people to follow through with the quarantine duration and stayhome “Only come out if you have symptoms and need to go to the hospital,” he stated.

Bukhari likewise thanked “those people abroad who helped fellow countrymen, especially those who distributed tickets and those organisations of our overseas diaspora who helped other Pakistanis”.

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