Date of First Flight: 7 June 1954 with the Lockheed Super Constellation L-1049C from Karachi to Dacca (Now Dhaka).
Generally accepted abbreviation: PK
Address: PIA building, Quaid-E-Azam International Airport, Karachi 75200, Pakistan.
Type of Operation: International and regional scheduled
and charter passenger and cargo service.
Shareholding: Government of Pakistan (56%)
Subsidiaries: None
Personnel: 20,400 (1997 data)
Main bases & Hubs: Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Peshawer.
Route network:
1. Africa (Cairo, Nairobi & Tripoli)
2. Asian & Pacific Rim (Almaty, Bangkok, Beijing, Bombay, Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Male, Manila, Singapore, Tashkent & Tokyo)
3. Europe (Amsterdam, Athens, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Manchester, Oslo, Paris
Rome, Shannon & Zurich)
4. Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Amman, Baghdad, Bharain, Damascus, Dammam, Dharan, Doha, Dubai, Fujairah,Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Ras-al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Tehran & Riyadh)
5. North America {New York, Washington (services cancelled Till further notice) & Toronto}
Future destinations ( Glasgow & Melbourne)
Simulators: 1 x Airbus A300B4-200
2 X Boeing B707-320B
1 x Boeing 747-200
Fleet: 6 x Boeing B747-300 ( On lease From Cathay Pacific)
6 x Boeing B747-217B (Initially Leased From Tap Air Portugal.The Rest Were Bought Second Hand From Air Canada)
2 x Boeing B747-223B Combi
2 x Boeing B707-300C (Being used for Cargo services)
3 x Boeing B720-040B (Phased out...Sold to Pakistan Airforce.)
7 x Boeing B737-300 ( 7th 737 being the Converted presidential 737-300)
? x Mcdonnell Douglas Dc-10-30 (Phased out...Sold to CP Airways)
10 x Airbus A300B4-200 (Two on wet lease)
6 x Airbus A310-300
13 x Fokker F.27 Friendship MK 200/400
2 x de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Formally held the crown as the "flagship" of the carrier till the 747-300s showed up.Initially leased & bought from "TAP PORTUGAL" & "AIR CANADA", PIA currently owns eight of these second hand aircraft of which two are "Combi" variants.These planes are extensively used on long & medium haul routes which include Europe, North America, Middle East & the Far East.These planes are also used on domestic routes in the form of "Night Coach service" from Islamabad to Karachi & From Lahore to Karachi.These planes have truley played an important role in the PIA fleet as the "Juggernaut" of the skies
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