Pakistan International Arlines (PIA) : News / Updates

[PK781]

If i am not mistaken, we only have 6 out of 12 B777 operational.....and 10 out of 17 A320 operating.....that's a huge number of inactive aircraft and therefore preventing proper route and flights to make business/money
Half the fleet is grounded or salvaged for parts due to lack of funds.

Desperately needed are newer aircrafts (both longhaul and shorthaul) to expand the network to more countries globally. The dependence on mideast carriers needs to be reduced so that our money remains or goes to PIA rather than emirates etc

I hope these new private owners don't take forever to get going and actually get to the task to fix the airline and its route/network and service/safety standards. We cannot afford another ban from Europe or America on it....

 

[krash]

He states that the federal government, while issuing the EOI, did not appreciate the legal fact that PIA is a trans-provincial institution included in the Federal Legislative List, Part II, hence without the approval of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) as mandated under Article 154 of the Constitution, since no privatisation could take place.

He argues that the government, through its cabinet committee, passed an order illegally for the privatisation of PIA without the approval of CCI and Parliament.

He contends that any restructuring or transfer of assets should remain within government-controlled entities as per the sections 3 and 4 of the 2016 Act.

The petitioner claims that massive public funds have been injected into the airline over decades and its sale to a private group is a matter of significant public interest.

He contends that the respondents, to justify privatisation, falsely portrayed PIA as a burden on the public exchequer and wrongly stated that its value is five times less than its accumulated losses (approximately Rs800bn).

In fact, he claims, PIA has not been receiving grants or subsidies from the government as its financial difficulties are due to debt servicing, mismanagement and policy failures.

He argues that the process for the sale of the asset adopted by the respondents amounts to misuse of authority, lack of transparency and arbitrary.

The lawyer argues that an amendment made to Section 28 of the Privatisation Commission Ordinance on Dec 14 2023, to oust jurisdiction of high courts, does not apply to the case in hand, since the petition challenges constitutional and legal violations, not private disputes between bidders.

He asserts that the sale of a national asset like PIA falls under judicial scrutiny under Article 199 of the Constitution.

Advocate Kahloon, who is known for representing aviation industry’s employees before courts, alleges that he has been subjected to harassment for raising the issue of the PIA’s privatisation.

The lawyer asks the court to declare the sale null and void, specifically the agreement reached on Dec 23, 2025.

He also urges the court to suspend all further steps, halt any actions arising from the May 2025 EOI and order that any necessary restructuring be kept strictly within state-owned entities.

The sham judicial system will finally be of some use.

 

[imadul]

I would never travel in PIA if Fauji has any shares in it.
End of story.

 

[krash]

If i am not mistaken, we only have 6 out of 12 B777 operational.....and 10 out of 17 A320 operating.....that's a huge number of inactive aircraft and therefore preventing proper route and flights to make business/money
Half the fleet is grounded or salvaged for parts due to lack of funds.

It's far worse than that. Of the 12 B777s, 4 are leased. Only 3 of the ones that are active are owned by PIA. PIA has 15 A320s out of which it owns 1. It was only bought because the lessor refused to accept it in the FUBAR condition that it was returned in after the lease ended. It is now stored. There is another that PIA is/was supposed to buy due to the exact same reason from the same lessor.

I would never travel in PIA if Fauji has any shares in it.
End of story.

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Arif Habib has dispatched his board of directors to convince you otherwise.

 

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[ghazi52]

PIA announces resumption of Lahore-London flights from March 30​

News Desk
January 8, 2026

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced on Thursday that it would be resuming direct Lahore-London flights on March 30.

According to a statement issued by the PIA spokesperson, the airline was enhancing its flights to the United Kingdom.

“After the resumption of flights to Manchester and the announcement of flights from Islamabad to London from March 29, the airline has also finalised arrangements for the launch of a direct flight from Lahore to London from March 30,” the spokesperson said.

He added it would operate up to seven flights to the UK by the end of March.

He added that flights were being increased in light of the high demand and long-standing requests of Pakistanis and expatriates residing in the UK.

“All flights to the UK are operating on full loads,” he added.

The relaunch dates of Islamabad-London and Lahore-London flights were arranged for consecutive dates driven by demand and the airline’s readiness, the spokesperson said.

The airline will operate flights three times a week from Islamabad to London and one flight a week from Lahore to London, he said, adding it was also planning to operate more flights from Pakistan to other UK destinations in the future, while flights to London would be increased gradually.

He said the airline used to operate more than “22 frequencies” to the UK and expected to exceed this number.

In June 2020, the European Union Air Safety Agency had barred PIA from operating in EU countries over safety concerns after a flight from Lahore to Karachi crashed near Jinnah International Airport, killing around 100 passengers. The ban on flights followed the then-aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan’s statement on the floor of parliament, where he termed pilots’ licences “dubious”.

 

[ghazi52]

1980's

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

PIA wet leased Douglas DC-8-20 (N819F), was leased from United Air Leasing during Jul 1977 to Apr 1978.

 

[ghazi52]

1986

 

[ghazi52]

 

[PK781]

according to some posters on HOP forum, AP-BGZ is again in maintenance hangar, hopefully its fixed and fly soon...

PIA Boeing 777 Fleet Status

Boeing 777-200ER
AP-BGJ - inactive
AP-BGK - active
AP-BHX - active
AP-BMH - active

Boeing 777-200LR
AP-BGY - active
AP-BGZ - inactive

Boeing 777-300ER
AP-BHV - active
AP-BID - inactive
AP-BMS - active

Following three PIA Boeing 777 aircraft are long grounded and recovery is not planned as yet.

Long Grounded Aircraft:

Boeing 777-200ER
AP-BGL
AP-BMG

Boeing 777-300ER
AP-BHW

 

[ghazi52]

PIA Vickers Viscount named "City of Lahore".

 

[ghazi52]

PIA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 after getting painted in airline's livery at Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO) facility in Hong Kong.

Incorporation of the necessary cabin side wall venting modification on this PIA DC-10 was also done by HAECO.