Pakistan International Airlines has been granted approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate direct weekly passenger flights on the Islamabad-Xian-Islamabad route from next month.

According to APP, PK-856 will depart from Islamabad International Airport every Tuesday for Xian and PK-857 will return to Islamabad on the same day.

The Islamabad-Xian-Islamabad will be the third direct flight of the national flag carrier between Pakistan and China.