Pakistanis Rejoice at British Airways’ Return as Its Name Trends on Pakistani Twitter
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British Airways has finally touched down in Pakistan earlier today after a gap of more than a decade. The flight from Heathrow was warmly received at Islamabad International Airport.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 240 passengers landed at around 9:15 am. The passengers were welcomed by Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari, Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan, and officials from British High Commission and Aviation Division.
The decade-long hiatus has finally ended and the return of British Airways comes as great news for Pakistani expatriates in Great Britain as well as for international travelers. The Pakistanis are ecstatic at the return of Islamabad-Heathrow route and hashtag British Airways is trending on Twitter, showing the joy of our fellow countrymen.
Here are some of the tweets:
British High Commissioner to Pakistan himself shared the footage of the touchdown after a welcome back message.
A big day for the UK and Pakistan. @British_Airways first flight on its new direct service to Islamabad takes off from London Heathrow this afternoon. It can look forward to a warm welcome when it lands here tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/S18Jr27QXW
— Thomas Drew (@TomDrewUK) June 2, 2019
Touch down in Islamabad. @British_Airways has landed. pic.twitter.com/T0BTMqpZyN
— Thomas Drew (@TomDrewUK) June 3, 2019
U touched our hearts ,wining hearts of 220 million #Pakistan @British_Airways
— Khaleel Rahman (@khalilraman) June 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/nadeemmalik/status/1135456461335740417
.The beautiful cake was cut in Zone F of @HeathrowAirport Terminal 5 check-in area.
The delicious white icing cake featured the majestic #FaisalMosque and northern areas. The @British_Airways & Heathrow logos were on the front.#BritishAirways #BA100#BAckToIslamabad pic.twitter.com/qAWVuQW5Sm
— Mohammed Firaas (@raisinganchor) June 3, 2019
Such a warm welcome from @British_Airways staff, they even had tea and cake! #BAck pic.twitter.com/2LgkLh3JEh
— Vicky Porter (@VickyPorter_UK) June 2, 2019
A victory for Pakistan.
Welcome Back @British_Airways after 11 years of long time. Another victory for Pakistan
Alhamdulillah@ukinpakistan@TomDrewUK pic.twitter.com/JYpioYgVkd
— Ali Mukhtar (@MalikAliMukhtar) June 3, 2019
Pakistan welcomes you.
Thank you @British_Airways
and Welcome to Pakistan – A land of Opportunities. Both Pakistan and the UK have great potential to strengthen trade and investment ties particularly in the field of Tourism.
#PakistanWelcomesYou pic.twitter.com/Fv6i0NQoBP— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) June 3, 2019
Hopefully.
British Airways arrives in Islamabad. Soon Air France, Lufthansa and Norwegian Airlines will follow.
Welcome— roxana (@roxmiaen) June 3, 2019
Expats in Germany have a next task ready for SAPM, Zulfi Bukhari.
We really need direct flights from @Airport_FRA @MUC_Airport and düsseldorf to #islamabad #Lahore and #Karachi. Please take the initiative and bring @lufthansa to #Pakistan. This will be highly supported and appreciated by Pakistani community in #Germany. @sayedzbukhari next task
— muahsan (@_ahsan_muhammad) June 3, 2019
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