PIA, foreign airlines stopped entry in Saudi Arabia for indefinite period.

KARACHI -- Saudi Arabia has decided to extend its ban on foreign airlines including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for an indefinite period due to coronavirus pandemic.

General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has released new directives to foreign airlines regarding its extension of the ban on international flight operations for an indefinite period.

All air traffic controllers of the foreign airlines have been informed with the new decision by the Saudi Arabian civil aviation authority.

The authority said in a notification, a copy of which obtained by media, read that an extension of the suspension of all international...