Pakistan's state-owned airline, plagued by a history of deadly crashes and a pilot licence scandal, resumed flights to Europe on Friday after a four-year ban was lifted by EU regulators.

State-run Pakistan International Airlines has resumed direct flights to Europe following a decision by the European Union’s aviation safety agency to lift a four-year ban over safety standards

Pakistan International Airlines resumed its flights to Europe on Friday six weeks after the European Aviation Safety Agency lifted its four-year safety standards ban, the state-owned Radio Pakistan reported.

Pak­istan International Airlines (PIA) finally resumed flights to Europe on Friday, over a month after a four-and-a-half-year ban was lifted by EU regulators.

Pakistan's state-run carrier PIA has resumed flights to Europe after the EU lifted a four-year safety ban. The airline is still barred from flying to the UK and US.

Pakistan’s national airline has come under fire for a “tone deaf” advert that appears to show a plane flying into the Eiffel Tower.

On January 10, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200ER , registered as AP-BGK, departed on flight PK749 from Islamabad International Airport (ISB) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Airport (CDG), marking the airline’s return to European skies for the first time since 2020.

Pakistan's state-owned airline, plagued by a history of deadly crashes and a pilot licence scandal, resumed flights to Europe on Friday after a four-year