The real issue is gross mismanagement and incompetence, not the age of the planes. There are planes from the sixties still flying profitably around the world.
Well, the PIA is really, really, really ( really) over staffed. Sifarish, bribe, everything goes.
Don't know why you need this much staff, 40,000 to be precise, for just around 40 odd planes.
If Emirates airlines seats 40% capacity passengers and flies from Dubai to Isl, it is in profit, but if PIA seats 200% people, and flies the same route, it is still in loss.
---------- Post added at 08:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 PM ----------
those who are fussed about zardaris sister co unknown indus airways .. should also try and notice the other pakistani as well as foriegn air carriers we have servicing the pakistani passengers and offcourse they are the primary reason why PIA is facing huge losses. These include :
Air Blue
Shaheen airlines
air arabia
flydubai
emirates
eitehad
That is exactly not the reason.
You have more airlines operating, you get taxes, you get money from them for standing on the taxiway, for every minute spent on Pakistani airspace.
This way, PIA is also ruining other international airlines by flying in their countries. You need to have competition to be successful mate. Not a very good logic you put up there.