Press Release | April 25, 2014 Galloway urges PIA to stop suspension of direct flights from Leeds Bradford airport The decision to stop direct flights to Islamabad by PIA, the Pakistan state airline, has been condemned by Bradford West MP George Galloway. Not only is it a crass and insensitive one, the MP said, its an economically crazy one. This is a growing route - my information is that passenger numbers have increased by a third in the last 12 months - so why axe what is burgeoning route and, moreover, one that is growing in a time of economic austerity? I will be contacting the PIA management to point out how damaging this is to people of Pakistani heritage not just in my constituency but the wider area, and how self-defeating it is for PIA, its image and its coffers. The direct route is to close on May 15. Galloway added: The plan, if you can call it that, is to move the operation to Manchester, which will be hugely inconvenient to the Pakistani community in Bradford, which numbers more than 100,000, and will add hours to their journeys. I hope all politicians of whatever hue will join me in urging the airline to listen to sense and keep the direct route open. I am sure there is going to be a huge backlash against this economically witless plan.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:15:08 +0000
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