QUETTA: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday under which businesspeople would be given a 15 per cent discount on tickets for domestic flights and 10pc on those for international ones.

PIA`s general manager for Quetta district Bilal Afzal and QCCI president Fida Hussain Dashti signed the MoU on behalf of their organisations.

Mr Dashti praised PIA`s decision and expressed the hope that the national flag carrier would provide more facilities to the business community, which in turn would help promote trade and business activities in the province. `Concession on local and international flights was our long-standing demand,` he said. Panjgur should be included on the Quetta-Turbat route, he said, calling for revival of flights between Quetta and Jeddah. He also called for starting flights from Quetta to Iranian cities.