KARACHI: The dispute between Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan (SAEP) and PIA entered the sixth day on 9th November. SAEP, (that claims to be the sole technical and welfare representative body of Pakistan’s Engineers), represents 1200 members. It is protesting over worsening safety and work conditions, non-availability/shortage of spare parts etc. Terming the dismissal […]
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ISLAMABAD: A seven-member committee has been formed to figure out how much the country lost due to former aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Awan Khan’s statement (apropos 262 active Pak pilots’ fake licenses) given on the floor of the National Assembly during a Parliamentary session back in 2020. It may be recalled that Ghulam Sarwar Khan […]
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GWADAR: Inaugural Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-197 harboring 39 passengers departed from here to Muscat Friday (24th January, 2025) morning and returned the very day in the afternoon as flight PK-198. Using Avion de Transport Regional (ATR)’s turboprop aircraft the National Flag Carrier PIA will operate one flight weekly to Muscat on Fridays. It […]
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GWADAR: Following the inauguration of Int’l Airport a commercial flight of PIA originating from Karachi, harboring 46 voyagers, landed here at 11.15am Monday (20th Jan 2025). The Gwadar Int’l Airport, that has been constructed grace á $230m Chinese aid, has a 14,000-square-metre passenger terminal that happens to have community hospital and utility services. The airport […]
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ISLAMABAD: The sole bidder Blue World City* (a real-estate development company – with no experience of running an airline) offered Rs. 10 billion for 60% stake in PIA here on Thursday (31st October, 2024), though GoP had set a minimum price of Rs. 85 billion. Though the consortium has been given time to review the […]
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ISLAMABAD: The bidding for PIA privatisation is scheduled for Thursday (31st October, 2024). Though six bidders (Fly Jinnah, a consortium led by YB Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Airblue Ltd, a consortium led by Pak Ethanol (Pvt) Ltd, Arif Habib Corporation Ltd, and Blue World City*) qualified, only Blue World City submitted the earnest in order to […]
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ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Privatisation Commission has told Senate Standing Committee here on Thursday that denationalisation of PIA process would be completed by 1st October, 2024. It is pertinent to mention here that PIA’s BoD during its 83rd meeting held here on 26th March, has approved the privatization and restructuring plan of Pakistan’s National Flag Carrier PIA. […]
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KARACHI: National Flag-Carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced on Sunday (30th June, 2024) reduction of fares for Umrah pilgrims travelling from Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi to Madinah till 15th July, 2024. While return fare of those flights originating from Lahore and Islamabad will be Rs. 86,000/- (+tax), pilgrims boarding from Karachi for Madinah will […]
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RAWALPINDI: EU has refused to lift ban on Pakistani airlines, including PIA, citing that Pakistan had failed to ameliorate the state of affairs. It is pertinent to mention here that the ban was imposed when the aviation minister, while speaking in the National Assembly, proclaimed that Pakistani pilots were not qualified and their CPLs were […]
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ISLAMABAD: The commercial debt negotiations of PIA have been successfully concluded among the government, domestic lender banks and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) as part the entity’s restructuring for privatization. A statement issued by the PIACL on Friday said the step paved the way for filing of the Scheme of Arrangement (SOA) for legal segregation of […]
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