Owing to a shortage of airbuses and other glitches, the flight schedule at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore has been affected as five flights have been cancelled and 8 others are facing delays, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.

The flights which have been cancelled included:

Jeddah-bound Saudi Airline Flight SV 737; Flight SV 738 which was coming to Lahore from Jeddah; Medina-bound Serene Airline Flight ER 3823; Flight PK 453 which was going to Skardu; and Flight PK 454 which was coming to Lahore from Skardu.

The flights which have been delayed included:

Karachi-bound Airblue Flight PA 401 is delayed by 1 hour 40 minutes; Flight J 9502 which is going to Kuwait from Lahore is delayed by an hour; PIA Flight PK 797 which is going to Toronto from Lahore is delayed by 1 ½ hours; Etihad Flight EY 242 which is going to Abu Dhabi is delayed by 1 hour and 15 minutes; and Flight PK 725 which going to Riyadh from Lahore is late by an hour.

Reporter Saeed Ahmad Saeed