British Airways will resume its flights between London Heathrow Airport and Islamabad International Airport starting in summer 2019.  The flights will leave London and connect to the new airport in Islamabad starting June 2, operating three times a week on a three-class Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

British Airways flew to the Pakistani capital from 1976 until 2008, when it suspended the route after a suicide bomb at a Marriott hotel killed more than 50 people and injured around 250, including six British travelers.

BA will become the first western airline to resume flights to Islamabad. Pakistan International Airlines is currently the only airline operating non-stop flights to the United Kingdom, connecting to Manchester (MAN), Birmingham (BHX) and Heathrow.

Robert Williams, head of sales for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, British Airways, said, “It’s exciting to be flying between Islamabad and Heathrow from next year, which we believe will be particularly popular with the British Pakistani community who want to visit, or be visited by, their relatives.

“On the route, customers will enjoy the very best in flying. Not only is it being operated on our newest long-haul aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but it will also be landing in to the new airport in Islamabad, which opened earlier this year.”