Pakistan’s national airline has come under fire for a “tone deaf” advert that appears to show a plane flying into the Eiffel Tower.

EU regulators imposed a ban on Pakistan International Airlines, the country’s state-owned airline, following a series of accidents.

In a PIA ad many found more threatening than welcoming, the graphic showed a plane going straight toward the Eiffel Tower. ‘Paris, we’re coming today,’ the caption read.

Pakistan Airlines has announced they will be resuming flights from Islamabad to Paris from today with a seemingly ill-thought poster. The advert shows a plane heading directly towards the Eiffel Tower, eerily mirroring the 9/11 attacks.

Pakistan International Airlines resumed its flights to Europe on Friday six weeks after the European Aviation Safety Agency lifted its four-year safety standards ban, the state-owned Radio Pakistan reported.

Pakistan's state-owned airline, plagued by a history of deadly crashes and a pilot licence scandal, resumed flights to Europe on Friday after a four-year ban was lifted by EU regulators.

Pakistan's state-run carrier PIA has resumed flights to Europe after the EU lifted a four-year safety ban. A flight operated by state-run Pakistan International Airlines took off for Paris from Islamabad on Friday morning as the carrier resumed direct flights to Europe following the lifting of a European Union ban.