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Airlines suspend flights to Peshawar following school massacre

Thursday, 18 December 20143 min read

Emirates and Etihad are among six airlines to have suspended flights to Peshawar in Pakistan following the Taliban massacre of 141 people, most of them children, at an army-run school in the city on Tuesday.

Reports also claim that crew working for the national airline PIA have also refused to fly to Peshawar following the attack.

Emirates and Etihad, both based in the United Arab Emirates, have suspended flights to city in the north of Pakistan with immediate effect.

Airlines are also believed to have relocated their employees to Islamabad following yesterday’s attack, carried out by six militants