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If approved, Wizz Air will become fifth Emirates airline to fly to Pakistan
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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has applied for a license to operate flights to Pakistan and is in the process of administrative procedures.
However, the UAE’s ultra-low-fare national carrier has yet to decide on dates and destinations for its flights to the South Asian country.
“Wizz Air Abu Dhabi currently has no flights to Pakistani destinations. The airline is going through the administrative process and getting permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan is the first step to serve Pakistan,” Wizz Air said in a statement to the Khaleej Times on Tuesday. said the statement.
“At present, there is no further information on when the airline will start operations and to which destinations in Pakistan it flies,” it added.
Once the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority approves the flight, Wizz Air will become the fifth Emirates airline to fly to Pakistan.
Emirates, flydubai, Air Arabia and Etihad currently operate flights to the Pakistani cities of Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot. In addition, Pakistan’s national airline PIA and private airlines Airblue and Serene Air also operate direct flights between the two countries.
The Abu Dhabi-based airline currently serves the GCC, Middle East, CIS and Eastern European markets.
In 2022, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will operate more than 6,000 flights and carry more than 1.2 million passengers. The airline carries more than 600,000 point-to-point passengers to the UAE in 2022.
The addition of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi on the UAE-Pakistan route will benefit budget conscious passengers and will give competitors a good competitive edge on this new route.
The UAE-Pakistan Air Corridor is one of the busiest in the region as approximately 1.6 million Pakistani citizens live and work in the UAE and millions of Pakistani tourists visit the UAE every year.
waheedabbas@khaleejtimes.com
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