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Air Sial , the new airline, has been granted clearance by Pakistan’s federal cabinet to operate on international routes , initially to five countries of the Middle East.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, and Iran are among the countries to which Air Sial has been given permission to fly internationally, according to a statement from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA).
The National Aviation Policy 2019 and the PCAA’s legislative and regulatory criteria, which include the necessity to have a minimum of five airworthy purchased or dry leased aircraft, apply to the aforementioned routes. The second requirement calls for successful primary and socio-economic route operations.
“The first international flight is anticipated to depart in early October,” says Ameen Ahsan, Chief Executive officer of Air Sial.
Air Sial is a Pakistani airline headquartered in Sialkot, Pakistan. It is the third private airline of Pakistan, inaugurated on Wednesday, 9 December 2020.