Peshawar flights diverted on security concerns

UAE's low-cost carrier Air Arabia has announced that all its flights to Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar will be diverted to Islamabad due to security reasons.

UAE’s low-cost carrier Air Arabia has announced that all its flights to Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar will be diverted to Islamabad due to security reasons.

The Sharjah-based airline,which operates three flights every week to Peshawar,said the change will come into effect from August 23.

The diversion was being made due to “security reasons” as per the request of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan,the airline said in a statement.

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Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where the security forces are fighting a Taliban insurgency. The province has witnessed a number of attacks by the Taliban militants.

Air Arabia added Peshawar as its destination to Pakistan alongside Karachi in 2007 to cater to the large number of Pakistani expatriates,and the airline operated three flights every week to the city.

The airline regretted any inconvenience caused to its passengers,assuring them that their safety and comfort remained the company’s priority.

Air Arabia commenced operations in October 2003 and currently serves 57 destinations from two hubs in UAE and Morocco.

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