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PIA earned Rs 100 billion in last year - Watch report
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REVENUE.Is that profit or revenue? because there is significant difference between the two.
Where did you come up with that 5-10 seat number?When a plane files , the cost of fuel is recovered from sale of just 5-10 airplane seats
So every flight makes a Profit which flies from airport
Typical Airplane Pakistan has there are 100-150 seats or more
What a difference it makes once the offshore company money transfer is halted , hey look PIA is making money again
Those banks accounts (fake once) now being tracked ...no way to move the funds out
Free tickets for politicians stopped
Free First class upgrade stopped for politicians
Free tickets for mamoo , chacha , bhateeja in PIA stopped
Free tickets for models and singers from Politicians , stopped
Funds being illegally moved out by corrupt officials with political help stopped
In mere 5 Months ...........PTI Government lead a record profit in PIA 100 Billion Rupee collection
- $800,000,000 (800 Million Dollars) in 5 month wow is that for real this is the same airline which 7 months ago could not earn 1 rupee profit
Nawaz sharif and Khakan abassi (owner of private airline) were so eager to privatize it, their group of friends would have bought this airlines just to do us a favor
Once Military / Government will tackle the Tanker Mafia in Karachi ....and their illegal money operation we will also recover 800-900 million dollar enough money to build any damn in 5 years
Hold your horses; these figures are revenue, not profit.
- $800,000,000 (800 Million Dollars) in 5 month wow is that for real this is the same airline which 7 months ago could not earn 1 rupee profit
Both example (Karachi-Toronto) , (Karachi -UK ) flights 80% was profit , about 20% was cost of fuel if we assumed that ratio is same on all seats and 5 month
I rounded up to 80-20 ratio , 80% is profit and 20% cost of ticket is reserved for fuel
In 5 months ....
800 million x 0.80 = 640,000,000 (640 million Dollars profit) , before salaries are paid which should be not that much
What would be cost for salaries ?
40 million - 50 million ?
So sad they couldn't fix PIA before they pulled out of JFK airport in New York and lost their slot. A Direct Flight from New York to either Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi would gain back so many Pakistani passengers that have to use other airlines like the gulf carriers.
PIA has invested in 12 Boeing 777 while if it wasn't able to handle flying to Canada or America, it could have focused on planes more optimized for flight to Europe, Asia, and the middle east. Even the Prime Minister is flying on the smallest possible jet to get the job done, and not taking up a PIA A320 or Boeing 777 for diplomatic missions.
Looking at the leaner business operations of an Airlines like Biman Airlines. We can see where they fly and what they fly. While they Also operate B777 (they have returned to JFK after a decade of losing their slot) they can optimize future purchases for planes like the A220 based on how full a plane goes per trip, and how much demand there really is.
https://www.biman-airlines.com/flights/map
https://www.biman-airlines.com/about/fleet
Also Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi need to rebuild links between the airports and the Bus and Train Networks. This will allow passengers traveling to make quick connections to their destinations via land transport, rather than waiting on a PIA domestic flight sometimes nearly 24 hours later. Linking between PIA and local carriers will also help earn business, as well as Linking PIA with Foreign Carriers. PIA service of Islamabad to Istanbul's large new airport, while Turkish Passengers fly via PIA through Islamabad on wards to east Asia, sort of like a budget Airline or an airline focused on bring in tourists like the gulf carriers are moving towards or Icelandic airlines.
Creative thinking can help PIA scale up, especially with all the infrastructure work already done in the Islamabad area, not just the airport.
They need to reinvest that directly into the airlines to recover its safety standard, air and ground crew training, and market heavily to rebuild its reputation.