PIA to Start Flights to New York Soon

[KAL-EL]

They should also establish flights to and from Philadelphia too.

 

[airmarshal]

In fact PIA ordered Boeing 777 LRs (Long Range) aircraft in the late 90s to fly directly on this route,

Who wrote this factually incorrect statement? 777s were ordered in 2004/05

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

why man, people have the option to take those cheap flights and then brag about it to their relatives in Pakistan "hum to PIA se ne atey service achy ne hay, hum to hameesha (with a look of pride) Ittehad se atey hain"

Lmao PIA beats them all in price. Overseas Pakistanis should start bragging they came via PIA and its twice as expensive.

They should also establish flights to and from Philadelphia too.

Is there a large pakistani pop there?

Huge overseas Pakistani population in Chicago.
At least a million or half easily.
Probably the largest after NYC.
Why PIA no attention to Chicago desis???

That's true Chicago and Detroit have a sizable Pakistani population

 

[war&peace]

They should also establish flights to and from Philadelphia too.

One step at a time but it is a nice suggestion.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Detroit is more shia arabs but ok.
Several cities in Texas on the other hand like Dallas, Houston etc also have big Pakidtani pop.

Basically follow the trends where skilled labor like engineers, docs and software geeks etc etc were needed. And the American hill billy wasnt sufficinet.

Lmao PIA beats them all in price. Overseas Pakistanis should start bragging they came via PIA and its twice as expensive.


Is there a large pakistani pop there?


That's true Chicago and Detroit have a sizable Pakistani population

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Detroit is more shia arabs but ok.
Several cities in Texas on the other hand like Dallas, Houston etc also have big Pakidtani pop.

Basically follow the trends where skilled labor like engineers, docs and software geeks etc etc were needed. And the American hill billy wasnt sufficinet.

Yes even if a small plane like a neo flew there once a week, it would make all the difference

 

[Abdussamad]

Well this is a joke. There was an attack on Karachi airport some years ago and another one on Lahore airport just the other day and here they are hoping the TSA will clear isloo airport for direct flights to the US. I doubt this will happen. Non of our airports are safe. In fact the TSA agents should think 10 times before travelling to Pakistan. The country is not safe for foreigners.

 

[Zee-shaun]

and more luggage! Used to give 40 kg!

America has 2 piece concept which translates into max 2 pieces with a max of 32kg a piece or 64kg total free of charge. Third checked in piece is additional $150-250 depending on airline.

 

[Dubious]

America has 2 piece concept which translates into max 2 pieces with a max of 32kg a piece or 64kg total free of charge. Third checked in piece is additional $150-250 depending on airline.

Yes I am aware...My cousins told me and they had really big luggage..

Well, if it is purely business someone or another will try to push for such routes! There are plenty of Pakistanis to catch for business!

 

[ali_raza]

this might be huge.
this is something not even mushi was able to pull off

 

[VCheng]

Pakistan International Airlines has invited the Transport Security Administration (TSA) team of USA to have Islamabad Airport security cleared for direct operations to the US. They will be arriving in Islamabad on July 17 & 18th, 2019.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/243196-no-imminent-plans-for-direct-flights-between-us-pak-says-embassy

"ISLAMABAD: The United States Embassy in Pakistan said there are no imminent plans for direct flights between Pakistan and the United States in the backdrop of a visit of officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Government agency that oversees airport and air carrier security, to the Islamabad Airport."

 

[cloud4000]

Unless PIA is allowed by TSA to fly non-stop from Pakistani airports to US, there's no competitive advantage over the Middle East and European carriers.

 

[maverick1977]

How many routes to US? DC, NY, Houston and Chicago ? Any news?

 

[VCheng]

Unless PIA is allowed by TSA to fly non-stop from Pakistani airports to US, there's no competitive advantage over the Middle East and European carriers.

Such TSA approval remains unlikely, unless the orange-utan flips his mind, if he had a mind.

 

[Khafee]

Who wrote this factually incorrect statement? 777s were ordered in 2004/05

You are right, I remember the ruckus airbus created during Musharrafs time.

PIA was going for A340's and at the last min went for B777's.