British Airways has announced recently that with the coming of the New Year, the airline will introduce new routes to different parts of the world.<\/p>\n
Whether you are a British Pakistani or a traveller longing to discover the natural beauty of Pakistan<\/a>, you have the flight route sorted by the most- preferred airline i.e. British Airways.<\/p>\n Starting 2nd June 2019, British Airways would commence its flight operations from London Heathrow to Islamabad\u2019s New International Airport. There is going to be three direct flights operating every week, initially, to Islamabad.The direct flight service would be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and would shorten the flight duration to eight hours.<\/p>\n The country of 208 million had been rattled by terrorist bombings, especially in the late 2000’s but now things are changing for the better. British Airways stopped its services after the Marriott Hotel bombing in 2008, but since then the security situation has improved drastically. After a ten year hiatus, the airline would be resuming its services to international airports in Pakistan.<\/p>\n The news of re-establishing direct flight services was well received in Pakistan. The British High Commissioner added that British Airways’ new route to Islamabad was due to the continuously bettering security situation in the country.<\/p>\n The Pakistani Minister of Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood also was excited to hear the report and said that<\/p>\n Once word gets around that British Airways is doing business in Pakistan, it will put us one or two notches up as a country to do business with.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is indeed great news particularly for the British Pakistani community in the UK.\u00a0Robert Williams, BA\u2019s Head of Sales in Asia agreed with that statement and added that<\/p>\n “The new service will be particularly popular with the British Pakistani community who want to visit, or be visited by, their relatives\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you have not thought of any New Year\u2019s resolutions to make next year, how about visiting Pakistan.It’s time to explore the country with the emerging tourism trends, as British Airways continues to grow and expand its reach.<\/p>\n It is also important to note that the country\u2019s immensely beautiful Northern Areas have been top on the list of many travel bloggers and adventure enthusiast despite the negative PR in the global community. Learn more about Pakistan\u2019s gorgeous north here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" British Airways has announced recently that with the coming of the New Year, the airline will introduce new routes to different parts of the world. Whether you are a British Pakistani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,5743],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-43597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airline-news","tag-british-airways","tag-flights-to-pakistan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t