State-run Pakistan International Airlines has resumed direct flights to Europe following a decision by the European Union’s aviation safety agency to lift a four-year ban over safety standards. Pakistan's defense minister inaugurated the twice-a-week flights to Paris and vowed that PIA will expand its operations to other European countries soon.

Pakistan's state-owned airline, plagued by a history of deadly crashes and a pilot licence scandal, resumed flights to Europe on Friday after a four-year

On January 10, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200ER , registered as AP-BGK, departed on flight PK749 from Islamabad International Airport (ISB) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Airport (CDG), marking the airline’s return to European skies for the first time since 2020.

Pakistan's state-owned airline, plagued by a history of deadly crashes and a pilot licence scandal, resumed flights to Europe on Friday after a four-year ban was lifted by EU regulators.

Pakistan International Airlines resumed its flights to Europe on Friday six weeks after the European Aviation Safety Agency lifted its four-year safety standards ban, the state-owned Radio Pakistan reported.