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Nas Air Planning to Resume Karachi Flights
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia based airline Nas Air will start its flights for Karachi soon to facilitate people.

The announcement was made by the Chief Executive of Nas Air airline Marco Renzo here Wednesday in a function arranged to celebrate its one year services in Pakistan.

He said presently Nas Air airline is operating in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar cities and providing best facilities to its passengers.

The Chief Executive said that, "Our airline is committed to provide maximum facilities to Pakistani passengers who want to go to Saudi Arabia to perform religions obligation."

Chief Executive Trance Logistics Group Maksood A Latfi said that through the airline, "we want to bring people of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia further closer each other."

He said the airline service would also be extended to other cities of Pakistan to facilitate people.

Maksood said that during current Hajj season the airline has provided best facilities to Hujjaj.

Officials of the Saudi Arabia Embassy have also attended the function.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2012

 

[A.Rafay]

PIA all set to fly to Kandahar
PIA all set to fly to Kandahar | The Nation

LAHORE - PIA management has decided to commence flights between Quetta and Kandahar (Afghanistan) from December 25, 2012 on the occasion of the 136th birth anniversary of the father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, said spokesman of the airline on Friday.
Quetta and Kandahar are thriving commercial towns and it was a long standing demand of the business communities of both cities to have commercial flights between the two. Initially two flights will operate weekly on the Karachi-Quetta-Kandahar-Quetta-Karachi sector on every Tuesday and Thursday using the ATR aircraft.
The launch of these flights will enable PIA to expand its network in Afghanistan. Currently PIA is only flying to Kabul. These flights will also help connect people in south of Afghanistan to rest of world through the gateway of Quetta.

PIA to improve reliability, punctuality

KARACHI - The PIA management’s immediate goal is to bring down the average age of PIA’s fleet and improve reliability and punctuality to ensure on time departures and arrivals besides providing world class customer service to the passengers,PIA spokesman said here on Friday.He said that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) under the present management within few weeks in office has started a process of fleet modernisation and revamping its entire service to turn around in the shortest time period the ailing airline with its new business model.The airline has already been in operating profit for the last two months September-October 2012.The tender has been floated for five narrow body aircraft with delivery of at least four aircraft in first and one in second quarter of 2013 to meet the capacity shortfall. However, the airline has not finalised acquiring any particular type of aircraft.PIA received offers for both Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800. However, A320 offers are larger in number as compared to Boeing 737-800. Presently, these offers are being evaluated and no final decision regarding induction of either narrow-body aircraft has been finalised.It may be categorically understood that the tender for these aircraft has not been awarded and the evaluation process is still not complete. It is therefore premature to assume which aircraft or engine type will be inducted. Speculative reports create undue bias for evaluators, which may not be in the best interest of the airline, the spokesman added.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/karachi/08-Dec-2012/pia-to-improve-reliability-punctuality

 

[Jango]

Something for the aviation geeks, a radar feed on flightradar24.com has been established for Northern Pakistan.

A Korean Airlines A330 flight Seoul-Jeddah has just crossed the PURPA intersection at the PAK-China border.

Let's hope the feed lasts!

Yeah. Any idea where the radar is based? It shows as T-F4V.

Secondly, the radar coverage has been steadily increased since it started. It is now deep into India almost as Jalandhar, and covers the border and a bit beyond on the west, as far as Jhang on the South, and Gilgit up north. So very decent coverage.

A little problem though is the final approach on Isl airport. It all gets messed up quite often, and the info is showing wrong when the plane is on the ground. It doesn't show altitude as zero, rather it is fixed as 1000+ feet, and suddenly vanishes, taxi patterns are sometimes shown.

And finally, the radar is beyond Lahore, but still no aircraft landing or taking off from Lahore are shown. Why?

Nas Air Planning to Resume Karachi Flights
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia based airline Nas Air will start its flights for Karachi soon to facilitate people.

The announcement was made by the Chief Executive of Nas Air airline Marco Renzo here Wednesday in a function arranged to celebrate its one year services in Pakistan.

Another blow to PIA on the Karachi-Saudia sector.

Karachi-Gulf is a lost cause for PIA IMO.

 

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Another blow to PIA on the Karachi-Saudia sector.

Karachi-Gulf is a lost cause for PIA IMO.

PIA is loosing it passengers to airblue in Manchester too, AirBlue's fare is £513 meanwhile £700 for PIA.

 

[Jango]

PIA is loosing it passengers to airblue in Manchester too, AirBlue's fare is £513 meanwhile £700 for PIA.

That is more of a competitive competition IMO, PIA might bring up better offers through cheaper tickets, more luggage capacity etc.

But Karachi is just dominated by Gulf carriers, Emirates alone has 5 flights a day!!!

 

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Air Arabia adds third destination in Pakistan with launch of service to Sialkot

Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, today announced that it has added its third destination in Pakistan with the launch of flights to the city of Sialkot, and becomes first UAE carrier to operate scheduled flights to Sialkot. The new route is Air Arabia’s third destination in Pakistan and 82nd worldwide.

Air Arabia will offer daily services to Sialkot, departing from Sharjah International Airport at 22:45 and arriving at Sialkot International Airport at 02:45 (next day). Return flights will depart from Sialkot at 03:25 and arrive in Sharjah at 06:15. The inaugural flight, G90567 will take-off from Sharjah International Airport on Thursday, 10 January 2013.

The launch of services to Sialkot will complement Air Arabia’s existing flights to Karachi and Peshawar. The launch of Sialkot follows the recent announcement of Air Arabia increasing flights to Karachi and Peshawar to daily. With the launch of Sialkot, the carrier now offers 21 weekly non-stop services covering three destinations in Pakistan.

“The launch of our regular Sialkot service is a continuation of Air Arabia’s promise to offer value for money fares to multiple destinations in Pakistan,” said Adel Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia. “Since launching operations to Pakistan five years ago, we have been committed to offering our customers a unique option for affordable air travel and a great connectivity between both nations. The new service to Sialkot further contributes to the travel needs between Pakistan and the UAE. That being said, we look forward to developing our services to reach more destinations in Pakistan.”

Sialkot is a city and capital of Sialkot District located in the north-east of the Punjab province in Pakistan at the foot of Kashmir hills near the Chenab River.

Air Arabia operates a single aircraft model, the world’s best selling commercial jetliner ever, the Airbus A320. Across its entire fleet, Air Arabia aircraft interior cabin is fitted with a world-class comfort seats offering highest seat pitch of any economy cabin across the globe and therefore, offering passengers extra leg room to sit back and relax during their flight.

Air Arabia adds third destination in Pakistan with launch of service to Sialkot | Al Bawaba

 

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Cargo Flights from New Benazir Bhutto International Air Port to Start by February 2013
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): Federal Defence Minister, Syed Naveed Qamar Tuesday said that efforts were being made to start cargo service from New Benazir Bhutto International Airport (NBBIA) by end of February, next year. Talking to media persons at PIA building here, he said that all the concerned departments had already been directed to complete road-connectivity work, provision of electricity and water. He said that the airport would be ready for commercial flights in next two years.

 

[Saleem]

they stop naming airports etc after people especially dead corrupt politicians...just give them the city name....

 

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Sialkot Airport terminal building getting equipped with passenger boarding bridges

 

[Imran Khan]

just a look corruption in PIA

 

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PIA Board of Directors Approves Acquisition of Airbus A320 Aircraft on Lease
According to Geo News, PIA Board of Directors has approved acquisition of five used Airbus A320 aircraft on dry lease. These A320s are powered with International Aero Engines IAE V2500 series engines.

 

[RazorMC]

just a look corruption in PIA

This was an eye-opener for me. I knew PIA insiders were corrupt, but the sheer scale of corruption is what surprised me. Mismanagement on such proportions should be considered treason and all culprits should be tried with an iron-fist.

 

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PIA begins Quetta-Kandahar Flights
QUETTA: PK-198 on the way to Kandhar after inaugural ceremony of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air service forms Quetta-Kandhar, as its first flight PK-198 with passengers on board took off from Quetta International Airport.

QUETTA: Airhostess welcoming the passengers on PK-198 after inaugural ceremony of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air service forms Quetta-Kandhar, as its first flight PK-198 with passengers on board took off from Quetta International Airport.

 

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Five leased Airbus A320 Aircraft to Join PIA Fleet by March 2013
A320s to help in bringing down fuel cost

December 28 - According to Defence Ministry officials quoted by local news channels, five leased Airbus A320 aircraft will join PIA fleet by March/April 2013. The aircraft will be on five year dry lease.

By October 2013, three more A320s will join PIA bringing total number of the aircraft type in airline's fleet to eight.

55 percent of PIA expenditure spent on jet fuel bills will come down to 45 percent with the induction of A320s by March 2013.