PIA-Lufthansa alliance to promote trade
LAHORE: A ceremony was held in Karachi on Tuesday to mark the alliance between Lufthansa Cargo AG and Pakistan International Airlines. Addressing the ceremony, Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro said that the PIA-Lufthansa alliance would promote Pak-German trade. The German ambassador in Pakistan, Dr Christoph Brumer, said that Pak-German business relations were growing. He said PIA was improving as an airline and the agreement with Lufthansa came at a good time because the market was changing. PIA Chairman Ahmed Saeed said the initiative for the alliance was taken by PIA because it needed it more. He said Pakistan was expanding its exports because that was the only way it could survive. “We will not let Lufthansa down for the trust they imposed in PIA,” he said. staff report
LAHORE: A ceremony was held in Karachi on Tuesday to mark the alliance between Lufthansa Cargo AG and Pakistan International Airlines. Addressing the ceremony, Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro said that the PIA-Lufthansa alliance would promote Pak-German trade. The German ambassador in Pakistan, Dr Christoph Brumer, said that Pak-German business relations were growing. He said PIA was improving as an airline and the agreement with Lufthansa came at a good time because the market was changing. PIA Chairman Ahmed Saeed said the initiative for the alliance was taken by PIA because it needed it more. He said Pakistan was expanding its exports because that was the only way it could survive. “We will not let Lufthansa down for the trust they imposed in PIA,” he said. staff report