BEIJING: As many as 270 Chinese technicians to be airlifted from Chengdu, the capital of China's southwest Sichuan province, by a special chartered plane to resume work on the Suki-Kinari hydropower project being build under China Pakistan Corridor (CPEC) framework.

The Civil Aviation Agency (CAA) of Pakistan has accorded special permission for the Air China Chartered flight CA-555/6 to transport these technicians to Islamabad on August 12, according to a report of China Economic Net (CEN) on Sunday. The Chinese technicians will leave for Pakistan under a special protocol to provide expertise for the Suki-Kinari hydropower project.