Dubai, June 30 (TNS): Pakistan is witnessing a boom in air traffic as 22 million passengers flew commercial airlines in the country in a year, encouraging international airline Emirates to launch its Airbus A380 weekly service from Islamabad to Dubai.
“The Emirates Airbus A380 will start its inaugural flights between Islamabad and Dubai from July 8,” Arab News reported on Friday.
Initially, the double-decker A380 will operate the route four times a week, but the number of flights may later be increased, he said. The airline operates 10 weekly flights between Islamabad and Dubai.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, Pakistan’s aviation market is among the fastest growing in the world.
The International Air Transport Association says the growth rate of the country’s aviation sector could reach 9 percent per year, and this upward trend may continue until 2020.
Air traffic in Pakistan has surged by more than 40 percent in the last five years, and is expected to rise further in the coming years.
