Pakistan's national airline has apologised for the advertisement, which is still online more than a week after it was first posted.

Pakistan’s national airline says that an advertisement showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pakistan’s flag carrier has drawn widespread criticism for putting out an advertisement that showed a plane flying towards the Eiffel Tower, media reports said. The ad was meant to promote the resumption of Pakistan International Airlines’ flights to the French capital and had the caption “Paris,

Pakistan's embattled national airline apologized on Friday for an advert of a plane flying at the Eiffel Tower, published to mark the first flight to Paris after a safety ban was lifted.

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has condemned the Pakistan International Airlines ad, calling it an act of ‘stupidity’.