Pakistan's Fly Jinnah secures gov't okay for int'l ops

The Pakistani government has given Fly Jinnah (9P, Karachi International) its consent to commence scheduled international flights. Pakistani media report that a federal cabinet meeting last week approved the application after it secured the support of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and the prime minister's office. In August, the Air Arabia-backed airline applied for the rights to operate flights to Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Except for Azerbaijan, existing air service agreements between Pakistan and each country allow for multiple operators on the relevant country pairs. While FlyJinnah has yet to disclose which market it intends to fly to first, except for Bangladesh, all the country pairs have at least one passenger operator already servicing them and, in some cases, multiple operators. <br/>