Turkiye’s airline granted permission to begin operations in Pakistan
Pakistan has granted permission to SunExpress, a Turkish-German airline based in Antalya,
to start operations between Pakistan and Turkiye.
Media
reports say federal cabinet of Pakistan authorized the summary via circulation
which will pave the way for new airline to operate on this route.
The
request had been forwarded by the Turkiye government to operate flights on the
route. It should be noted that two Pakistani airlines, government-owned
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Airblue, already fly the same route.
Turkiye
Airlines and Pegasus Airlines have also been nominated for operations by
Turkiye. Pegasus, Turkiye’s private airline, started operations in Pakistan
back in February 2020.
The CAA’s air transport section had given an official flight notification to Turkiye carrier Pegasus. The airline runs four weekly flights between Karachi and Istanbul.