▁fl ights ▁a ▁week ▁each ▁for ▁Kar achi ▁and ▁L ah ore . ▁Event ually ▁service ▁was ▁operated ▁via ▁Dub ai ▁four ▁times ▁per ▁week ▁on ▁each ▁route , ▁with ▁full ▁fifth ▁freedom ▁passenger ▁and ▁cargo ▁traffic ▁rights ▁on ▁the ▁Dub ai ▁- ▁Pakistan ▁se ctors . ▁ ▁The ▁air line ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁comm encing ▁season al ▁services ▁to ▁B am ako , ▁for ▁H aj j ▁trav ellers . ▁Fl ights ▁to ▁Dj ib out i ▁were ▁dis cont in ued ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁due ▁to ▁renew ed ▁t ensions ▁along ▁the ▁two ▁countries ' ▁border , ▁and ▁fl ights ▁to ▁Frankfurt ▁were ▁cancel led ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁a ▁senior ▁E rit re an ▁Foreign ▁Ministry ▁official ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁government ▁had ▁applied ▁pressure ▁prohib iting ▁companies ▁from ▁le asing ▁aircraft ▁to ▁E rit rea . ▁He ▁stated ▁that ▁Washington ▁was ▁resort ing ▁to ▁such ▁illegal ▁acts ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁host ile ▁attempts ▁of ▁st iff ening ▁anti - E rit rea ▁san ctions , ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁the ▁E rit re an ▁government ▁was ▁engaged ▁in ▁bu ying ▁and ▁le asing ▁of ▁passenger ▁plan es ▁under ▁new ▁Pak ist ani ▁management . ▁ ▁E rit re an ▁Airlines ▁res umed ▁operations ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁It ▁also ▁introduced ▁a ▁new