PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) resumed its fifth freedom flights between Tokyo Narita and Beijing Capital on May 30, 2019.

The Pakistani carrier operates the flights between the Japanese and Chinese gateways 2x weekly using B777-200(ER) aircraft as an extension of its service from Islamabad International to Beijing. One of the two weekly itineraries originates at Lahore International. PIA has full commercial rights on the Beijing-Tokyo segment.

Services to Tokyo were suspended in mid-February 2019 over disagreements related to PIA's traffic rights. Flights to Beijing were operated without interruption.