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The German airline Lufthansa has expresseed keenness to resume flight operations to Pakistan after 13 years, a high-level business delegation from Germany informed the Board of Investment (BoI).
The German business delegation that included Lufthansa representatives told BoI Secretary Fareena Mazhar the airline — second largest in Europe in terms of passengers carried — was seriously considering resuming flight operations to Pakistan.
The airline had halted operations due to commercial reasons but now is interested not only in passenger flights but also willing to start cargo flights, the delegation said.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanzaː]), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the largest German airline which, when combined with its subsidiaries, is the second-largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried.
The 16-member German delegation — led by German-Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK) CEO Oliver Oehms — included representatives of several business giants like Lufthansa, AHK, SIG MEA, Weidmuller Middle, Emltc Emerging Solutions, among others. All these companies have a prominent presence in most parts of the world and are visiting Pakistan to analyse the business climate and explore lucrative investment opportunities in the country.
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AHK was founded in May 2009 and is fully integrated with the German Industry and Commerce Office. It is the first bilateral federal business organisation as well as the first international institution on federal level which has been founded in the Gulf.
