Pakistani International Airlines on Thursday halted flights to Kabul after what it called “heavy-handedness” of Taliban authorities, Reuters reports.
To drive met the news: The suspension comes after the Taliban ordered PIA to cut ticket Prices, warning that the company’s Afghan operations could be blocked if it refused to do so, according to Reuters.
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“We are suspending our flight operations to Kabul from today because of the heavy-handedness of authorities,” said a spokesman for PIA, the only one international business operating regularly out of Kabul, according to Reuters.
The big image: With the number of flights to Afghanistan limited, tickets for flights to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad has sold for up up to $2500, compared met with $120-$150 before the Taliban takeover, Reuters reports.
The Afghan Ministry of Transport previously said that prices from Kabul to Islamabad should “to be adjusted correspond with the circumstances of An ticket for the win of the Islamic Emirate” of the flights would be halted, Reuters reports.
PIA, meanwhile, said it has charter flights to Kabul . kept performing on “humanitarian grounds”, and it is faced insurance premiums for as much as $400,000 per flight, according to Reuters.
“The insurance premiums on these flights are so high that it is simply impossible to operate scheduled flights to Kabul as it is still considered a war...
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