UAE Covid: Pakistani expats shelve Eid travel plans on rising airfare
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The revised air travel plan will be effective from midnight on May 5 till midnight on May 20.
Pakistani residents in the UAE have shelved their Eid travel plans to home country as airfare shoot up following the country's decision to cut inbound international travel by 80 per cent from May 5 to May 20.
Talking to
Khaleej Times, overseas Pakistanis residing in Dubai, Sharjah and other emirates said air ticket prices surged almost 30 per cent in past few days as average one-way airfare to Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar climbed from Dh650-700 to Dh950-1,000 per passenger.