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As I said, you can not say leasing will work for all, it won't. Also, the operating revenues are meaningless. It's the margins you need to keep an eye on. The two airlines you mentioned have large fleet turn over rates for one big reason - can you think of it?

Leasing aircraft isn't always a good thing. Many airlines have huge amounts of debt due to lease obligations. About half of Saudia's A320 and B777 is leased. Most of their 747s are least. Kuwait is home to a large aircraft lessor and a handful of Kuwaiti airlines' aircraft are leased. Oman...

No one will buy them. You haven't got a lot of money. Not yet. Bhoja Air crash, Air Blue crash, Shaheen Air landing incident, PIA ATR42 written off have all occurred within the last five years.

BBC News - Afghan Taliban 'capture US military dog' The "Colonel" needs rescuing. Another job for the seals perhaps.

How is any of that relevant to the topic of this thread, ie what has state of civilian aviation on the other side of the border got to do with Pakistani affairs? On topic, it appears that PIA management is very happy with the wet lease operation and has released a tender for short-term summer...

I'm not sure why everyone is going on about Air India. This downgrade by the FAA has got nothing to do with airlines in India but the regulator and aviation authority DGCA. Contrary to what the article says, this downgrade was not a surprise. Deficiencies were pointed out following an FAA...

There was a story my uncle once told me about the '71 war (he was ex PAF pilot flying for Gulf Air). It was narrated to him by a fellow pilot at PIA and as is oft the case, this story could very well have been embellished. Apparently, PIA was ordered by the PAF/PN/MoD to patrol the seas around...

To answer the thread title, I don't think it is. The P-8 is still a very young system and is undergoing the teething issues which are par the course these days. To write off what will probably be the only viable player in town (P-3 replacement) is very short term minded just as it is for those...

I'm American-British. I enjoy the best of both worlds. I intend to. Best regards.

Your english comprehension is poor and coupled with your foul language and bad grammar, suggests to me that you should heed your own advice and take a class in english for beginners. (In case you didn't pick up on it, you should have used 'off' rather than 'of'.)

Shameful for India considering the opportunities they've had to rectify the situation. Even the Pakistanis have cat 1 status. DGCA heads need to roll.

lol, commando. what is the use of bringing a few links from those not happy with the recall? Can you name me a firearm manufacturer that has never had a recall? Taurus pistols, which I know are popular in Pak just recalled an entire batch that they had delivered to the Brazilian police. In...

Yes they are. AgustaWestland receives development funds from the British govt for R+D activities in the UK as do many aerospace companies (airbus and rolls-royce get the most). Most of is received under the guise of RLI or Repayable Launch Investments. Those of you who follow world...

Thanks for the links, you were right, I was wrong. That has never been my intention. If anyone brings me a reliable enough source, as you did, then I will accept it and move on.

No there were not. You can check the full history on the caracal thread on pakguns. The confusion arises as the first Compact C model recall was due to a potential drop safety. As is often the case, this recall for the drop safety modification was embellished and rumors spread amongst pak gun...

what both cases? there has only been one reported instance of slide failure on caracal pistols.

You insulted forum users' intellect and were being misleading. As Einstein said, nationalism is an infantile disease. Insult until your heart is content.

The very same gun is just about to be shipped out to the international gun market. If in 12 months time caracal have shut down their pistol line up, you can come back and tell me so. The same can be said for your blatant use of hyperbole.

Well, pardon me if I don't prescribe to the Pakistani tradition of conspiracy. As I said, the current batch of CP660 is exactly the same. That tells us that the underlying materials and design are not unsafe. What the FULL recall suggests is that caracal did not have their quality control in...

Again, considering the 1000s of pistols sold and two documented failures, how is your statement quantifying and describing the failures as 'many' not exaggeration?