PIA cancels flights to Saudi Arabia amid new strain of COVID-19.

KARACHI -- The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday announced the cancellation of flights to and from Saudi Arabia following the suspension of all international flights by General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) after the spread of a new strain of COVID-19.

The spokesperson of the national carrier, Abdullah Khan, said that PIA flights to and from Saudi Arabia have been cancelled from December 22.

The cancelled flights of PIA include PK-9739 and PK: 9760 from Multan-Jeddah-Lahore, many other flights i.e. LAHORE: Jeddah-Lahore, ISLAMABAD: Dammam-Islamabad, LAHORE: Dammam-Lahore, Karachi-Madinah and Madinah-Karachi, LAHORE: Madinah, Madinah-Multan and Madinah-Multan, Karachi-Jeddah-Karachi.

The spokesperson added that the flights will remain suspended till the further orders of the Saudi Arabian aviation authority. After getting permission by GACA, the passengers will be adjusted into flights, he added.

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