100% refunds of travel agents paid: PIA distt manager.

FAISALABAD -- Hundred percent refunds of travel agents were paid while 50 percent incentives are also being cleared, disclosed by PIA district manager Shahid Hussain. He was addressing the meeting of travel agents here on Thursday, in which President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) Rana Sikandar Azam and President Faisalabad Travel Agents Association Rana Akram Khan were also present. Shahid Hussain said that PIA was passing through a very critical juncture but same facilities were being extended to Faisalabad based travel agents as enjoyed by other stations. Owing to coronavirus pandemic, PIA was managing only 10 percent operation and hence, there was no chance of immediate revival of air trade industry, he added.

FCCI President Rana Sikandar Azam said that air travel trade had been badly hit by coronavirus pandemic. He said that PIA had started flights to bring back stranded Pakistanis from different countries. ''PIA has fixed almost double fare while travel agents were totally barred to sell tickets," he said and added the overall business of travel...