{"id":69034,"date":"2020-08-08T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69034"},"modified":"2020-08-07T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:06:20","slug":"pia-slashes-fares-in-anticipation-of-upcoming-independence-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-slashes-fares-in-anticipation-of-upcoming-independence-day-celebrations.html","title":{"rendered":"PIA slashes fares in anticipation of upcoming Independence Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has slashed fares for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-approves-additional-flight-karachi-islamabad-airway-route-till-may-31.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">domestic flights<\/a> (between Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi) by 14% as part of its Independence Day celebration, according to a news source published on August 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/british-airways-resume-flight-operations-islamabad-next-month.html\">British Airways to resume flight operations for Islamabad this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national carrier made this announcement regarding PIA fares through its official Twitter account. Reportedly, the offer \u2013 hailed as \u2018Jashan-e-Azadi offer\u2019 \u2013 will be available between August 7-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, passengers will be allowed to take luggage weighing up to 73-kilograms without any additional cost. The airline has also announced the resumption of domestic flights from Multan, Sukkur and Gwadar airports \u2013 starting from August 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/trump-expresses-interest-acquisition-roosevelt-hotel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump expresses interest in acquisition of PIA\u2019s Roosevelt Hotel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar also announced yesterday (August 6) that passengers will be able to board and travel on the airplanes in a \u2018normal manner\u2019 from October 1. He said this while addressing the nation and announcing reopening of major sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has slashed fares for its domestic flights (between Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi) by 14% as part of its Independence Day celebration, according to a news source published on August 7. Read: British Airways to resume flight operations for Islamabad this month The national carrier made this announcement regarding PIA fares through its official Twitter account. Reportedly, the offer \u2013 hailed as \u2018Jashan-e-Azadi offer\u2019 \u2013 will be available between August 7-14. Moreover, passengers will be allowed to take luggage weighing up to 73-kilograms without any additional cost. The airline has also announced the resumption of domestic flights from Multan, Sukkur and Gwadar airports \u2013 starting from August 13. Read: Trump expresses interest in acquisition of PIA\u2019s Roosevelt Hotel Meanwhile, Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar also announced yesterday (August 6) that passengers will be able to board and travel on the airplanes in a \u2018normal manner\u2019 from October 1. He said this while addressing the nation and announcing reopening of major sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017,15020],"tags":[36598,3391,36596,36597,36595],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-august-14","10":"tag-independence-day","11":"tag-pia-domestic-flights","12":"tag-pia-fares","13":"tag-pia-slashes-fares-in-anticipation-of-upcoming-independence-day","14":"cat-15017-id","15":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PIA slashes fares in anticipation of Independence Day - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PIA has slashed fares for its domestic flights (between Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi) by 14% as part of its Independence Day celebration\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-slashes-fares-in-anticipation-of-upcoming-independence-day-celebrations.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PIA slashes fares in anticipation of Independence Day - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PIA has slashed fares for its domestic flights (between Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi) by 14% as part of its Independence Day celebration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-slashes-fares-in-anticipation-of-upcoming-independence-day-celebrations.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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