KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA’s) reservation and check in systems are functioning normally and all PIA flights are operating as per schedule, PIA spokesman said on Sunday.
PIA spokesman further said that on the morning of Saturday the internet cable that supports PTCL internet had developed a fault near Jeddah due to which nearly a dozen of PIA flights were affected and operated with a delay. However, the airline, within a short span of time, managed to transfer system to Transworld and PIE that are used as a backup in such situations. Though, there were some consequential delays owing to the internet issue of Saturday.
The airline’s reservation and check in system are operating normally since switch over on Saturday. The PIA spokesman said that two of the PIA Sunday flights, one for Toronto and the other for London, were delayed because of a technical problem of security scanning machine at Jinnah International Airport and not because of any internet issue. He said that PIA flights were operating as per schedule. PIA regrets the inconvenience caused to its passengers.