Pakistan International Airlines resumes UK flights after five-year ban

The state-run airline was banned from the UK and the EU in June 2020 after a crash in Karachi killed nearly 100 people, and subsequent revelations of pilots with fake licences

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 - 10:07

Sajjad Tarakzai, Associated Press

Pakistan International Airlines has resumed flights to the UK for the first time in five years after the lifting of a ban imposed over a fake pilots’ licence scandal.

The state-run airline was banned from the UK and the EU in June 2020 after a crash in Karachi killed nearly 100 people, and subsequent revelations of pilots with fake licences.