The national flag carrier of Pakistan, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) which operates a weekly flight between Mumbai and Karachi, is likely to suspend its operations from May 11.

The PIA which did not operate its service yesterday as well, in a communication to the concerned authorities, said that “its Karachi-Mumbai flight will not be open for sale (bookings) from May 11,” a company associated with the flight operation said.

However, the reason for the suspension of its flight service, was not specified by the PIA communication. However, the PIA communication did not specify the reason for suspension of its flight service, a company official said. “Apart from the current situation (prevailing tension between India-Pakistan), the suspension of the service might be due to commercial reasons as well,” the company official said. The Pakistan airline, however, had informed the relevant authorities, about the non-operation of service on May 4 in a communication last month, the official said.

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