Pakistan International Airlines

[User0001]

Wow, hadn't realised they had dropped to 2 weekly. When did that happen and what is the likely cause of such a low frequency?

 

[Ray Finkle]

BHX has been at 2x weekly for about 2 months, pretty much throughout most of September and October, although a couple of Sunday flights did operate in Oct. The reason given was lack of aircraft seeing as they've got several not flying (including some 777's) due to lack of spare parts.


To add to their woes it now seems they may be having problems with their fuel supplier.

PSO seeks govt permission to immediately stop fuel supply to PIA

ISLAMABAD: With outstanding arrears against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) piling up over Rs11billion, Pakistan State Oil has sought permission from the federal government to “immediately discontinue fuel supplies to the national flag carrier.

Full article:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1140316/pso-se ... ply-to-pia

 

[Brum X]

Just checked PIA website and in January only showing x 2 weekly flights on a Thursday and Sunday, However checked in Feb 2015 and back to x3 weekly with the Tuesday flight added.

 

[Hassaan]

What state are PIA in at the moment? There doesn't seem to be the same sort of demand for them compared to when they first started (although it's been like this for a decade now I suppose).

 

[jfy1999]

They have only just phased out the 747-300s, but plan to lease 2 777-200s from Vietnam. They also have 8 777-300ER's on order, and 3 773s are to be leased from Kenya Airways. I hear they plan to introduce a new livery too :s_dunno

Hopefully the BHX flights will return to 4x weekly with all these new additions

 

[User001]

BHX going back up to 4 weekly for the Summer season.

 

[Brum X]

BHX going back up to 4 weekly for the Summer season.

Thats good news, is the Saturday flight returning ????


Again despite the woes, they have stuck with BHX for a number of years now.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The Saturday flight is back from April, currently showing until the end of Oct.

This also means that BHX could potentially see 10 wide bodies on Saturdays this summer. That must be a record?

 

[nwoody2001]

This is a pretty decent development. The PIA carry 395 pax a flight. And increase from 3 to 4 flights a week over summer represents a 25% increase over the summer season and just short of an additional 25,000 seats annually!

Saturday is looking busy ...

3x Emirates
2x Qatar
1x Pakistan International

 

[Hassaan]

They've been stuck at 4 weekly for a few years now. I imagine they probably won't get data of how many estimated passengers they could get on a flight to Karachi, but it would be nice to see them branch out.

With Shaheen Air starting at MAN, can we see them here?

 

[hishaq96]

It would be great to see Shaheen air at BHX but unlikely anytime soon

 

[justplanecrazy]

Can't see them coming to BHX anytime soon but I can see Air Blue returning.

 

[nwoody2001]

Air Blue have announce MAN-ISB and Uner001 has said there were rumours of a similar launch to BHX, but again, as ever, a rumour is only good if it turns out to be true!

I certainly believe BHX has the market for more than 3x weekly PIA

 

[Brum X]

PIA will be x 4 weekly as of the end of March 2016, so at least BHX is still firmly on there radar.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Islamabad now bookable 4x weekly throughout the winter.

 

[JENNYJET]

I was just musing about PIA and thought perhaps they may have to respond sometime soon to AI with daily services but only if they get a fleet to compete with the Indians.

I can see Turkmenistan or one of the Iranians moving on their turf soon if PIA cannot get to grips.

Or maybe Air India have a superior offer to enable Islamabad passengers to route via Delhi/Amritsar by way of a short haul connection?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Turkmenistan could probably do quite well if they started flights into Pakistan. They seem focussed on transiting to Delhi and Amritsar though.

Would there be any political issues with people transiting India en route to Pakistan? I'm not really up on their relationship at the moment? Air India don't currently fly to Pakistan but PIA fly to Delhi and Mumbai.

One thing for sure is that Emirates seem to be picking up the passengers with Islamabad making their top 5 connections list. I'm sure Qatar will be after their share too.

 

[Hassaan]

PIA's back to a four times weekly flight it seems (at some point soon). Didn't they used to be 5 weekly before the 777 arrived in 2007?

 

[Brum X]

PIA is back at x 4 weekly now, it started a few weeks ago. The Saturday flight is back

 

[ronnoc1k8]

It seems with a 4x weekly service, a day is usually a B77W. That day seems to be Sunday now.