The Saudi Arabian Airlines has decided to postpone the resumption of its flight operations at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar to Aug. 7.

Speaking to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Syed Latiful Haq of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), said the airline was scheduled to restart operations at the airport in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial capital on July 31.

The airline has officially notified authorities that it has decided to delay the resumption, said Haq.

The airline had suspended its operations at the airport following an attack on PIA flight PK756 on June 25 which left a woman dead and two crew members injured.

Six international airlines, including Saudi Arabian Airlines, Etihad, Gulf Air, Emirates, Qatar Airways and Air Arabia, have been operating from the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, mostly carrying citizens from the province to Gulf states.

Apart from Air Arabia, all five international airlines had announced suspension of their operations from Peshawar following the attack.

Emirates and Qatar Airways have already resumed operations.

“The Bacha Khan International Airport is surrounded by residential areas, including the slums of Nawai Kalley, Badbher and the rural-urban mix population of Ring Road villages on one side,” said Dawn in a report.