In a post on X, PIA shared an image of a plane heading towards the Eiffel Tower and the caption read: 'Paris, we are coming today,' drawing severe criticism for its resemblance to the 9/11 attacks

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The first Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight to Paris in four years has departed Islamabad after a ban from EU airspace was lifted last year.

ISLAMABAD: The first direct flight from Islamabad to Paris took off on Friday as the Pakistan International Airlines resumed its long-awaited flights to Europe in more than four years, marking

The development follows the European Commission and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) decision last year to lift the suspension on PIA, granting the airline permission to resume flight operations to Europe. The decision came a year after the visit of the EASA team, and the European Commission to Pakistan.

Pakistan's embattled national airline apologised on Friday for an ad of a plane flying at the Eiffel Tower, published to mark the first flight to Paris aft..

PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said Thursday that the ad, which hasn't been deleted and has more than 21.2 million views, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe, and never intended to harm 9/11 survivors or victims' families.

The total collective reach of this ad alone is 30 million now with 755,000 reactions out of which only 10pc were negative," spokesperson says.

After widespread backlash Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an inquiry into a controversial post by Pakistan International Airlines PIA on its