List of Pakistan International Airlines destinations
Pakistan International Airlines Corporation commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA is the flag carrier airline of Pakistan. The airline, with its head office on the grounds of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. As of 2019 PIA scheduled services to 19 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 16 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.[1][2] Its main bases are Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
Pakistan International Airlines was set up on 1 March 1955, after Orient Airways merged with the government's proposed new airline. During the same year the airline opened its first international service, from Karachi to London Heathrow Airport via Cairo International Airport and Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino, Italy, using three newly acquired Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellations. The DC-3s continued operating the domestic services in Pakistan. In May 1956, PIA ordered two further Super Lockheed Constellations of the latest L-1049H version and five Vickers Viscount 815.
PIA currently operates to 19 domestic and 23 international destinations in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America as of June 2020.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
List
Until 1971 PIA also served various places as domestic stations in what was East Pakistan.[19][44] During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the PIA operated a series of chartered flights to and from Australia, South Africa, South Korea, UK and the Middle East among others to transport stranded citizens.[45][46][47] On 30 June 2020, the European Air Safety Agency banned PIA from operating in Europe for 6 months.[48]
References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 61.
- ^ "PIA – Origin Specific Flight Schedule". www.piac.com.pk.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo "PIA – About PIA". www.piac.com.pk.
- ^ a b c d e f "Destinations list 1998".
- ^ a b "Destinations list 1993".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "1992 route map".
- ^ a b "Destinations list 1980".
- ^ "1982 route map".
- ^ a b c "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". www.historyofpia.com.
- ^ a b c "1958 route map".
- ^ "PIA to Kandahar advertisement".
- ^ a b "1971 route map".
- ^ a b c d "1970 route map".
- ^ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/281646/pakistan-international-discontinues-dhaka-service-in-nov-2018/
- ^ "Kashgar-Islamabad Direct Flight Opens". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
- ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Pakistan International moves Kashi service to May 2017".
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has numeric name (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h "2006 route map".
- ^ a b "PIA to drop underperforming routes and offices". Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "1962 route map".
- ^ "Pakistan International Airlines India service changes from May 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ a b c "1981 route map".
- ^ "PIA Najaf service announced".
- ^ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284549/pakistan-international-resumes-tokyo-service-from-late-may-2019/
- ^ https://cms.piac.aero/international-destinations
- ^ "Destinations map 1982".
- ^ "PIA Dalbandin schedule ended on November 17, 2019. Due to often most seats were unoccupied".
- ^ "PIA resumed its domestic flights to Zhob". 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan Int'l Airlines moves int'l hub to Islamabad". Ch-Aviation. 9 August 2019.
- ^ "PIA Satgodha schedule".
- ^ "1977 reoute map".
- ^ "Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is introducing direct flights to a fifth destination, Burayda, located in northern Saudi Arabia.Route". 18 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Pakistan International adds Islamabad – Taif route from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Pakistan International Cancels Barcelona Service from mid-Feb 2015". Airline Route. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "PK 1978 routemap".
- ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Pakistan International files preliminary Bangkok schedule from Sep 2017".
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has numeric name (help) - ^ "PIA's Central Asian routes".
- ^ PIA starting Al Ain
- ^ "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". www.historyofpia.com.
- ^ "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". www.historyofpia.com.
- ^ "Advertisement for Stansted launch".
- ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Pakistan International ends New York service in late-Oct 2017".
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has numeric name (help) - ^ Gayuski, George. "Pakistan International California, USA - 1986".
- ^ "PIA resumed flights from Lahore to Tashkent".
- ^ "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". historyofpia.com.
- ^ Ali, Waqar (22 April 2020). "More than 600 Pakistanis in Australia want to return home but only one flight available". SBS News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "LIVE: Sindh govt indecisive on sealing 11 UCs in Karachi as national COVID-19 tally crosses 5,000". The Express Tribune. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
A special PIA flight left for South Africa with 300 passengers on board.
- ^ "PIA special flight departs for Australia". ARY News. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ https://www.newsweekpakistan.com/e-u-bans-pia-from-airspace-for-six-months/