KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have repatriated 43,900 people thus far through 117 special flights, said the spokesperson of national flag carrier on Sunday. PIA brought back more than 11,000 stranded Pakistanis through 69 special flights between April 1 to May 12, while 32,600 passengers were repatriated through 108 outbound flights. In a statement, the spokesperson said that the nationals returned home through PIA special flights operated in Saudi Arabia, Canada, Turkey, Japan, Australia, United States, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom. On Friday, Minister for Aviation Division Ghulam Sarwar Khan had informed the National Assembly (NA) that 7,000 stranded Pakistanis would be brought back home before Eidul Fitr from various parts of the world on special flights. He had further said that due to coronavirus pandemic, PIA was suffering a loss of Rs5 billion per month.

Source: Pakistan Today May 17, 2020 15:00 UTC