PIA finalises agreement with Airblue, Shaheen Air to fly affected passengers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reached an agreement with local private carriers, Airblue and Shaheen Air, to fly PIA passengers with confirmed tickets as the national flag carrier's flight operations remain suspended against the government's proposed plan to privatise the organisation.

Passengers can contact PIA service counters at airports to convert their tickets to those of the private airlines, said a press release.

The service however, will facilitate passengers booked to travel to Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Dubai, Muscat, Jeddah and Riyadh only, according to the statement.

As for passengers holding PIA confirmed tickets for other international destinations, the statement said, they can contact PIA staff in their respective countries to have their tickets converted for travel "in various international airlines".