The US on Tuesday said it has no "imminent plans" to start direct flights to Pakistan.
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in March had requested the US for facilitating it to have direct flights to American cities, including New York, Chicago and Houston, as flying to the US via any en-route transit make the flight economics unviable.
This week, officials of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the US government agency that oversees airport and air carrier security, visited Islamabad airport. During the visit, representatives of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and the Ministry of Aviation highlighted the airport's security features.
The visit by the US delegation came days ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's first meeting with President Donald Trump on July 22.
The team also visited Pakistan's aviation security infrastructure and met with their Pakistani civil aviation counterparts.
After the visit, the US Embassy in Islamabad in a statement said, "This visit was not a formal inspection, audit, or assessment of any specific airport and there are no imminent plans for direct flights between Pakistan and the United States."
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