PAKISTAN . Aviation & Airports

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Image Caption : "The Dead Birds of Shaheen Airlines" Operated from 1994-2018

Image Location : Karachi International Airport.

 

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PIA is switching its hub of international flights from Karachi to Islamabad.

This decision has been made in view of the airline’s international traffic schedule. Most of PIA’s international traffic comes from the northern areas, which is why the airline has decided to shift its hub to Islamabad.

 

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Utter nonsense. Why should govt. give additional (or any) incentive to BA?

I have said this many times over in the past when members thought "we should allow Western airlines to operate". Well, nobody is stopping them but the fact is can they compete with ME airlines? I don't see ME airlines, Malaysian, Thai or even Turkish demanding concessions.

If BA can offer cheaper rates than Emirates, it can take away all the EU and US-bound traffic from Emirates and Qatar. There is a sizeable diaspora in teh UK to give BA advantage with direct flights. Their issue is not Pakistan or its incentives or its policies but their own operating cost is higher than ME based airlines due to higher wages, fuel, aircraft type and size, load factor, policies, etc. They are lucky they are making a profit since most businesses make initial losses with the hope to make a profit later.

Take an example for next week (and I chose dates on which BA gives direct flight). Cost of a return ticket from ISB to LHR
- PIA Rs. 106,000
- Etihad Rs. 112,000
- Qatar Rs. 119,000
- Emirates Rs. 128,000
- Turkish Rs. 157,000
- British Rs. 167,000

Similarly, for ISB to JFK, we have
- Emirates Rs. 172,000
- Turkish Rs. 191,000
- British Rs. 266,000

So screw BA and Renault if they need further concessions instead of competing. I don't want my country to bend over with concessions because someone wants to see a gori chamri here. Renault got the same concessions like Hyundai and Kia over existing manufacturers. With this mindset, even Suzuki had the guts to issue threats of leaving and ask for green-field status even after selling Mehran scrap material for over 3 decades.


https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=196127&page=556

 

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Star gate Karachi from 1941 to 2010: Karachi Airport

 

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China’s Yuantong Airline Launches Kunming-Karachi Air Cargo Route

A new air freight route was launched on Monday linking Kunming, capital of China’s Yunnan Province, and Karachi, according to Kunming Changshui International Airport.

The all-cargo air route is operated by China’s YTO Express every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, mainly delivering cross-border e-commerce cargo.

It is the first international all-cargo air route launched by Yunnan Airport Group since the China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone was established in August.

The newly launched Pak-China air freight route would play an important role in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as an efficient and convenient logistics channel for economic and trade exchanges between the two countries, according to the airport

 

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PIA Launches New London-Sialkot Flights

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced a new direct flight route between Sialkot and London. An official statement from the airline confirmed the news on Wednesday.

The airline has also issued a flight schedule, according to which, flight PK-777 will fly from Sialkot International Airport every Tuesday at 10:15 am and will arrive at Heathrow Airport, London at 2:50 pm PST.

The return flight, PK-778 will depart from #Heathrow at 6:25 pm on Tuesday and will arrive at its destination at 6:25 am Wednesday (next day).

Besides, the airline is offering a flat 20 percent discount on Sialkot-London flights valid from 11th September to 30th November

 

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If PIA somehow launches a new flight from Mirpur to London/Manchester they will get rid off their deficit in one year lol....


MASSIVE population of Mirpuris in UK.

 

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Karachi Airport in 1963

 

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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will start direct flights to United States (USA) from April 2020 as the preparations have been entered into its final phase.

 

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The New Gwadar International Airport, Balochistan

With an expected 3,658m runway & 14,000 sqm terminal the China funded (1.7 billion yuan) CPEC project shall be the second airport in Pakistan to handle A380 Traffic

 

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Allama Iqbal International Airport acquired top spot among all the other airports in the country after handling over 90,000 consignments that arrived at the Air Freight Unit (AFU) of Lahore Airport Customs.

The statistics collected at the end of the year revealed that Lahore airport is the busiest in terms of air freight, with more than 90,000 annual consignments surpassing the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in Karachi which handled over 85,000 consignments during the same period.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Collector Customs Lahore Airport Basit Abbasi confirmed that the customs duty collection target of the airport collector was set at Rs11 billion for the first six months of the current financial year. Instead, they were able to collect more than Rs12 billion within the designated period, he added.

 

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AerCap has disclosed an agreement to provide Pakistan's start-up carrier Air Sial with three used Airbus A 320s.

The A320s will become Air Sial’s first aircraft upon delivery in the second quarter of 2020.

AerCap is described by its chief executive Aengus Kelly as “the biggest aircraft lessor in the fast-growing Pakistani aviation sector”.

Cirium fleets data shows that AerCap manages two Boeing 777-200s operated by flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines and leased several aircraft to Shaheen Air International before it ceased operations in February. The Irish lessor has also supplied aircraft to Airblue.

Kelly states: “With the rapid growth in air traffic in Pakistan as well as air liberalisation, AirSial is well positioned to take advantage of this opportunity.”

The airline’s chairman Fazal Jilani has thanked AerCap for “not only recognising the potential of the Pakistan aviation market but also showing their firm belief in the Sialkot business community”, referencing the city in which AirSial is based.

“We at AirSial, along with AerCap, will take our new partnership to the highest of standards and together make AirSial ‘The Pride of Pakistan’,” Jilani vows.

AirSial has been founded by the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce, the start-up’s LinkedIn profile indicates.

 

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Another New Pakistani Airline to Start Local & International Flights in the Country

A new entrant to the Pakistani aviation industry, K2 Airways, is all set to commence its operations later this year.

Based in Karachi, the new airline will serve destinations across the country including Chitral, Skardu, and Islamabad with expansion plans likely to follow later as the company also aims to fly to international destinations soon.

K2 Airways has signed up to use Rusada’s MRO and Flight Operations Software, ENVISION in its fleet. The selected modules include:

Fleet Management
Line Maintenance
Flight Operations
Human Resources
Following the agreement, Rusada will implement the system in time for K2 Airways maiden flight.

Tariq Raja, Chief Executive Officer at K2 Airways, said that an all-in-one solution would help them make an entry with a bang

 

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Runway work in progress at Faisalabad Airport in Pakistan.

The former runway is being rehabilitated so that it can handle jet aircraft. The current runway will be then closed and rebuilt to handle wide body aircraft such as Airbus A330/Boeing 777.