Prevailing weather conditions, dense fog, zero visibility at Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and adjoining areas, the schedule of PIA flights departures and arrivals remain affected. PIA Spokesman said here on Monday. Due to heavy fog at Lahore and adjoining areas, the schedule of PIA domestic and International flights is affected now being subject to weather as safety is the foremost priority of PIA and flights cannot be operated under such weather conditions when the visibility is zero.
PIA flights were affected due to Fog: PK 306 Karachi-Lahore of December 23, diverted back to Karachi, the flight PK 306 departed on December 24. Similarly, PK 796 Barcelona -Lahore, PK 348 Karachi- Rahim Yar Khan also diverted back to Karachi due to fog and poor visibility at the destinations. Due to persistent bad weather at Faisalabad with no indication of improvement from MET office, PIA cancelled its flights PK 340 and PK 341 Karachi-Faisalabad-Karachi and passengers were informed through PIA Call Centre accordingly on December 24.
The weather pattern at Lahore improve from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm there is less fog and better visibility for landings and take-offs of the aircraft and most of the domestic and international flights are arriving and leaving during this period. Flight PK 789 to Toronto and PK 721 to New York may be affected due to fog. The weather reports from MET Office indicate that Lahore and adjoining areas weather may again be engulfed with heavy fog late evening bringing the visibility to zero therefore it is expected that the flight schedule of evening and late night flights to and from Lahore and adjoining areas will change.
Passengers are requested to please contact the PIA call centre 111-786-786 for it may be mentioned that at times if the flight is diverted for safety reasons due to non visibility some of the passengers refuse to disembark the aircraft creating commotion which further aggravates the situation. Such passengers are requested that these arrangements are made for the safety of the passengers and they are requested to cooperate with the staff on such occasions.-PR
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