ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) ‘Premier Service’ at aninaugural function held at Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad on Sunday.
The service will initiate operations starting from the Independence Day and the first flight will depart today from Islamabad to London.
The prime minister inspected the plane set to leave for London.
Under the new service, better services would be provided with regular fares.
The passengers availing the service would be entitled to free 25km-journey in a limousine.
In July, the airline had announced the launch of its PremierService from August 14. Four new planes were said to be purchased on wet lease for the new service.
Chairman PIA Azam Sehgal in an interview to international media had said that the service would better facilitate passengers.
The PIA had also said that the national airline had arranged for a three-week training for the crew. Earlier, a professional team from Sri Lanka was in Karachi to train the staff.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif had lauded the PIA’s initiative on Twitter to express her views. “New Leased PIA planes. Day not far when PIA will be at par with the world’s finest airlines IA. That’s Nawaz Sharif,” she had tweeted.