List of airlines of Pakistan

The Pakistan aviation industry was started up when Orient Airways merged with Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) to become the national flag carrier of Pakistan called Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). PIA remained the only operator for many years after its creation, but soon private airlines arrived at the scene to compete with the national flag carrier as conditions of the country stabilised.

It was not until the early ninties there was a major growth in the Pakistani aviation market with four new private airlines launching operations. The airline did very well to compete with the well established flag carrier, PIA which was controlled by the government. However, this was not to last as the UN placed economic sanctions on Pakistan and its neighbour, India that caused the airline market to suffer. It caused two airlines of the airlines to file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets. The airline industry remained quite stable with PIA developing a strong hold on the international and domestic market for many years. It was not until the early 21st century that the industry started to pick up again that allowed the entry of a new carrier in the market, Airblue which launched operations with new state of the art aircraft. As of August 2007, the aviation market is developing and allowing more services and facilites to be inaugurated aswell the development of a brand new airport to be built for the capital at Fateh Jang.

PIA Boeing 747-300 in the latest colour scheme

Current Airlines

• Aero Asia International Has stopped operating due to saftey issues.
• Airblue
• Pakistan International Airlines
• Shaheen Air International

Cargo Airlines

• DHL Cargo Pakistan
• Pakistan International Cargo
• Royal Airlines Cargo
• Star Air
• TCS Couriers
• Airblue eCargo (not yet started)

An Airblue A320-200

Charter Airlines

• Askari Aviation
• AST Pakistan Airways
• Jahangir Siddiqui Charter
• JS Air (Private) Limited
• Lynx Aviation
• Pakistan Aviators & Aviation
• Royal Airlines
• Schon Air
• Princely Jets

An Aero Asia B737-200

Future Airlines

• Air Mashriq
• Deewan International Airlines
• Pearl Air

Defunct Airlines

• Bhoja Air
• Hajvairy Airlines
• Orient Airways

Aircraft Manufacturers

• Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
• Precision Engineering Complex
• Scaled Aviation Industries (Private) Limited

See also

• Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan
• Civil Aviation Training Institute
• Mobile World Magazine
• Aviaction - Pakistani aviation book series

External links

• Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan
• Pakistani Aviation