In July 2014, on the delivery of the first A320 series aircraft, PIA introduced a "crescent and star" on the aircraft engines' cowlings in place of the Urdu PIA logo. PIA hosts both international and domestic destinations.
As of the time of writing this article, they seem to be mainly used on the Beijing – Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Beijing – Shanghai routes. The green stripe was modified to include gold and was extended to the rear of the fuselage.
An Airbus A310, Boeing 777-200 and Boeing 747-300 were the first aircraft to wear the new look.
By 2011, PIA began to be unprofitable again, requiring government subsidies.In early 2016, PIA was fundamentally grounded for an entire week as employees walked out en masse following the deaths of two employees in a demonstration against the airline's privatization.In January 2017, PIA retired all of the Airbus A310-300s from its fleet.
Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Pakistan International Airlines 747 (PK747/PIA747) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times. The government announced its privatisation plans but they were never implemented.
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. PIA operates a cargo delivery system within Pakistan. In 2019, the PIA new management has sharp increase in the airline's cargo space utilization from 20 percent to almost 80 percent. In 1966, Paris, Istanbul, Baghdad, Kuwait, Jeddah and Nairobi were added to PIA's routes. The Seven out of ten departments of PIA are now located at Islamabad, viz, Marketing Department, Procedure Bureau, Central Reservation Control, Revenue Management, HR and Security and Vigilance Department.In the late 1990s, the Government of Pakistan considered selling the airline to the private sector due to the persistent losses suffered by the airline. The decade began with the opening of a cargo handling centre at Karachi airport, duty-free shops, the first C and D safety checks on its entire fleet, as well as the introduction of airline's first In 1984, the airline introduced Night-Coach service as a low-cost alternative to day-time domestic flights. PIA's route grew rapidly in the mid to late 1960s: Dhahran was added in 1965, while Cairo services resumed.
The airline commenced Boeing 747-200B operations (below) with two leased TAP Air Portugal Boeing 747-282Bs on May 5, 1976 from Karachi and Islamabad to London (Heathrow) and New York (JFK).
The livery was white at the front and beige at the rear separated by a dark green stripe. There were 417 Boeing 747 aircraft in airline service as of June 2020, comprising 10 747-100s, 20 747-200s, 2 747-300s, 257 747-400s and 128 747-8s.
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The official logo was added to a select number of aircraft during the yearPIA has been continuously serving government officials of Pakistan and has always transported the President and Prime Minister on overseas visits. The PIA logo written in calligraphic Urdu was added just behind the cockpit. The livery was unveiled at the PIA headquarters on a Boeing 777 model. The tail was painted white with a new typeface PIA acronym written in dark green. The PIA used to have a fleet of 64 aircraft of various makes, including the Airbus A310, A300 and A330, the Boeing 737 and 747 and the Douglas DC-9 and DC-10. The forward/upper portion was white and at the rear, it was an off-white/beige colour.
However, due to criticism, the design was modified before the first Boeing 777 was delivered. An Pakistan International Airlines was the first international airline to introduce entertainment system showing a regularly scheduled film on board in the year 1962.In January 2017, the airline began trials on an on-board internet system to deliver in-flight entertainment on some domestic flights. PIA Cargo transports goods across Pakistan as well as to international destinations. During the early 1970s, PIA operated a service called "Air Express" that delivered documents and parcels within Pakistan. Pakistan International Airlines is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2015. The Air China 747-400s can nowadays only be caught on domestic flights. In 2018, the newly elected government aimed not to privatise the entity and make it a profitable through the change in its top management.In 2011, PIA began to be unprofitable, requiring government subsidies.The airline faces many challenges to its profitability.
Catering units (starting with Karachi Flight Kitchen), ground handling (starting with ramp services) and engineering, are to be gradually carved out of the airline and operated as independent companies. Several steps towards the outsourcing of non-core businesses have been initiated. Today, the airline offers over 70 locations within Pakistan, with shipments collected and delivered from customers homes.
In 1974, PIA launched a dedicated cargo division within its organisation using two In 2003, the airline launched "PIA Speedex", a courier service in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad initially.