Overview
- Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority approved special Serene Air flights for a two-week period to bring back Pakistani travelers stuck in Saudi Arabia.
- Commercial services remain suspended as the regulator cites failures to maintain a serviceable fleet and ongoing operational deficiencies.
- The authorization applies only to repatriation operations and does not restore the airline’s broader schedule or routes.
- Local reports say hundreds of ticketed passengers had been stranded for days after the earlier grounding of the carrier’s operations.
- The CAA described the move as a temporary relaxation to ease hardship while longer-term compliance and safety issues are addressed.