Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended flights to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the next 48 hours due to the ongoing security situation in the Gulf region.

 

In a notification issued on Wednesday, the airline confirmed that operations to Al Ain would continue as scheduled. “For now, Al Ain will remain the only destination in the UAE where PIA flights will operate,” the notification said.

 

The temporary suspension follows fresh attacks by Iran on the UAE on Tuesday. The strikes led to a fire at the port of Fujairah, a major export terminal where oil loading by state firm ADNOC was halted. The incident comes amid a crisis that has already pushed energy prices higher.

 

Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran on February 28, Gulf Arab states, including the UAE, have been subjected to more than 2,000 missile and drone attacks. These attacks have targeted US diplomatic missions, military bases, oil infrastructure, ports, airports, and residential and commercial buildings.

 

The disruption has extended to Pakistan’s air travel network, with a total of 83 flights to Middle Eastern destinations cancelled in a single day. Flight operations to Fujairah have been completely suspended from Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar, where all eight scheduled flights were cancelled.

 

From Karachi, 18 flights to destinations including Doha, Bahrain, Baghdad, Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi were cancelled. Lahore saw another 18 flights grounded to Kuwait, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, and Dubai. Additional cancellations included 26 flights from Islamabad, 11 from Peshawar, six from Sialkot, and four from Multan.

 

However, flights from Faisalabad remained unaffected, with all nine scheduled operations to Jeddah, Dubai, Sharjah, and Madinah proceeding as planned.