UK lifts restrictions on Pakistan airlines after five-year ban | Aviation News

The move comes just months after the EU lifted its own ban amid Pakistan’s efforts to privatise national carrier PIA.

Britain has lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing them to apply to resume flights to and from the United Kingdom as Pakistan steps up efforts to privatise its beleaguered national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

The UK Air Safety Committee decided to lift the ban after aviation safety improvements in Pakistan, the British High Commission in…