Pakistan International Airlines
flag-carrier airline of Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, more commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA (Urdu: پی آئی اے or پاکستان بینہوا کا راستہ الاقوامی), is the flag carrier and national airline of Pakistan.
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| Founded | 1946 (as Orient Airways) | ||||||
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| Hubs | Jinnah International Airport (Karachi) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | PIA Awards Plus+ | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 34 (+5 on order) [1] | ||||||
| Destinations | 59 incl.cargo | ||||||
| Company slogan | "Great people to fly " | ||||||
| Parent company | Ministry of Defence (Government of Pakistan)[2] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Jinnah International Airport Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||
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| Website | www.piac.aero | ||||||
Achievements and recognitions
change- First airline from an Asian country to fly the Super Constellation.
- First Asian airline to operate a jet aircraft.
- First Asian airline to be granted maintenance approval by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Air Registration Board, predecessor of the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
- First non-communist airline to fly to the People's Republic of China, and operate a service between Asia and Europe via Moscow.
- First airline in Asia to induct the new technology Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
- First airline in the world to operate scheduled helicopter services.
- First airline to show in-flight movies on international routes.
- The first airline in South Asia to introduce auto-ticketing facility.
- The first airline in the world to fly to Tashkent, capital of the newly independent state of Uzbekistan.
- First airline in the world to start Air Safari with jet aircraft.
- First Asian airline to start flights to Oslo, the capital city of Norway.
- First airline in the world to induct the Boeing 777-200LR, the world's longest range commercial airliner.
- First airline in the world to take delivery of the Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner (Longer Range Variant).
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight Services Department was awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification award during May 2006.
- First airline in Pakistan to operate a flight with an all female crew at command and in the cabin.
- First airline in the world to operate the Boeing 777-200ER, 777-200LR and 777-300ER altogether - all the three variants currently available on the market.
- PIA Flight Kitchens in Karachi were awarded the HACCP Certification. [3]
Crashes
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change- ↑ Aircraft production lists - Flightradar24
- ↑ "Annual Report 2006 (Part-I)". Pakistan International Airlines. 2007-04-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ↑ "PIA's Flight Kitchen Karachi Awarded HACCP Certification". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
Other websites
change- Official website Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- "Historic Firsts". History of PIA.
