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by Airborne
Mon May 16, 2022 7:34 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: Why Pakistani Airlines Dont Grow ???
Replies: 12
Views: 1455

Re: Why Pakistani Airlines Dont Grow ???

PIA has a smaller network, smaller fleet, smaller revenue, bigger losses in 2022 than it did in 2008. Air Blue is still at around 10 aircraft even after 15-20 years of flying. Air Sial growing from 3 to 5, and starting flights to Dubai. Serene Air a few years old and at a hand full of planes, inclu...
by Airborne
Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:53 am
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: Which PCR tests are accepted by Turkish Airlines?
Replies: 8
Views: 352

Re: Which PCR tests are accepted by Turkish Airlines?

Avoid Chugtai Labs at all costs, they are having a lot of dodgy reporting and false positive testing and making sure to rinse a quick buck! Try islamabad diagnostic centre. Very true…..they are a fraud. If you are a family on one PNR they’ll definitely show one or two family members falsely positiv...
by Airborne
Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:59 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: In Memory of Capt. S Salal Shah
Replies: 5
Views: 636

Re: In Memory of Capt. S Salal Shah

He was a great guy. May his soul Rest In Peace. Ameen!!
by Airborne
Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:50 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: PAF F-16 Down in Islamabad
Replies: 34
Views: 3211

Re: PAF F-16 Down in Islamabad

For bringing a perfectly airworthy F-16 into ground??? CFIT???
by Airborne
Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:27 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Photos Forum
Topic: Old picture of PIA in Switzerland
Replies: 3
Views: 1044

Re: Old picture of PIA in Switzerland

Yes thanking for sharing.....super golden days of PIA!!!!
by Airborne
Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: UFO Reported by PIA Flight Cockpit Crew
Replies: 4
Views: 468

Re: UFO Reported by PIA Flight Cockpit Crew

Seems just like moon to me!
by Airborne
Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:36 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes
Replies: 740
Views: 83519

Re: PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes

Zafar sb says that cockpit door opened just before the crash and he could see the infrastructure (Model Colony buildings) from the windscreen. Considering the fact that: 1. The cockpit door of Airbus A320 opens towards the cockpit rather than the cabin (Please correct me if I am wrong) 2. The aircr...
by Airborne
Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:30 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: 22 Billion Rupees Aeronautical Charges Due to be Paid to CAA by PIA
Replies: 2
Views: 145

Re: 22 Billion Rupees Aeronautical Charges Due to be Paid to CAA by PIA

Shaheen Air was shut down because they owed 2 billion to CAA and FBR combined. PIA owes money to: PSO 20 billion plus FBR billions and billions CAA 22 billion Banks: hundreds of billions All to protect an airline with 30 planes and 14000 employees. PIA should be shut down as soon as possible. Lol.....
by Airborne
Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:40 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes
Replies: 740
Views: 83519

Re: PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes

Abbas Ali wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:03 am PK8303: ‘but why...’ — the plane crash survivor’s account

Part Two Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/734503 ... -s-account

Part two published today.

Abbas
Thanks!
by Airborne
Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes
Replies: 740
Views: 83519

Re: PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes

PK8303: ‘but why...’ — the plane crash survivor’s account Part One Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/733993-pk8303-but-why-the-plane-crash-survivor-s-account Zafar Masud was one of only two survivors of ill-fated May 22 PIA Airbus A320 (AP-BLD) Lahore-Karachi flight PK8303. https://historyofpi...
by Airborne
Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:25 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: EASA Suspends PIA Europe Flights
Replies: 168
Views: 20957

Re: EASA Suspends PIA Europe Flights for Six Months

But I’d sure like to see some heads rolling....all those who brought PIA down.....and buried it 10 feet under. That includes all those Bhuttos, Ganjas and the so called present super heroes!!!!
by Airborne
Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:22 pm
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: EASA Suspends PIA Europe Flights
Replies: 168
Views: 20957

Re: EASA Suspends PIA Europe Flights for Six Months

Pakistan is like the USSR, a communist country of the the sixties. No body gets fired from a state owned company. Soviet Union went bankrupt and broke up. There was no money for state owned companies and no salaries were paid for months eventually resulting is closing down the company. Now PIA is t...
by Airborne
Fri Aug 28, 2020 2:32 am
Forum: PIA & Pakistan Aviation Forum
Topic: Virgin Atlantic Announces Flights for Islamabad and Lahore from December
Replies: 199
Views: 19904

Re: Virgin Atlantic Announces Flights for Islamabad and Lahore from December

Nothing for Jinnah International :oops: :( I was also very surprised at this, i guess the ME3 have Jinnah Covered and therefore they wont fly to Karachi, I remember when Virgin Atlantic had stated expansion plans regarding heathrow slots and they had picked Karachi to serve. I think now that PIA is...