Multan: Due to heavy smog and fog in Punjab, Multan’s flight operations have been severely affected; 6 flights to Multan have been canceled due to extremely low visibility.
Aviation sources claim that 34 aircraft nationwide experienced delays due to smog and administrative issues. For example, the private air flight PF 723 from Jeddah to Multan experienced delays, and flight PK 172 from Muscat to Multan was rerouted to Islamabad due to poor visibility.
Private airline flight PF 733 from Muscat to Lahore landed at Sialkot, and a private airline flight from Dubai to Lahore landed at Islamabad.
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Due to reduced visibility, two domestic flights from Multan, Karachi, two foreign flights of the airline from Jeddah to Multan, and two flights from Multan to Riyadh were also canceled.
Two foreign air flights QR 616 and 617 from Doha to Multan and PA 871 and FZ 325, 326 from Dubai were delayed. The departure was also delayed.
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Apart from this, flights from Lahore to Kuala Lumpur, Dubai to Istanbul, Jeddah to Karachi, Madinah and Al Ain to Islamabad were delayed, flights from Jeddah to Islamabad to Jeddah to Riyadh, Istanbul to Bahrain were delayed, and flights to Karachi from Sharjah and Istanbul were delayed.
The PIA flight from Karachi to Lahore could take off 4 hours behind schedule.