Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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This thread being created for all forum members to share their flight experience with Pakistan airlines. I hope we will have positive discussions & interesting information.

You can post your flight experience with photos, videos and all details you like to mention.

If possible; please do not forget to include following information in your flight experience post;
1. Airline name
2. Flight Number
3. Flight Date
4. Flight Duration
5. Airport name: departing from and destination
6. Your seat number
7. Aircraft registration & model
8. Your profession

Thank you & have a nice journey!
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Re: Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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On 3rd August 2015, I was aboard PK589 ISB-BHV-KHI.

1. Airline: Pakistan International Airlines
2. Flight Number: PK589
3. Flight Date: 03 August 2015
4. Flight Duration: 03hr 55min with 20min stay at Bahawalpur Airport
5. Airport names: Benazir Bhutto International Airport – Bahawalpur Airport – Jinnah International Airport
6. Seat number: 16A, 2L
7. Aircraft registration & model: AP-BKZ ATR 72-500
8. Profession: Aviation Professional

...at Airport:
Major changes observed at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad. A small shelter constructed at airport entrance gate for airport visitors, as only one person can go ahead of this with passenger. International departure a bit separated; left to the terminal building.

For the first time, passenger facilitation service counters observed outside and inside departure & arrival lounges with walking staff wearing orange color jacket entitled “For Your Help”. They were providing required information, and freely facilitating passengers as required.

Boarding was formal, but after that a security lapse observed when a passenger with a private facilitator bypassed scanning machine and went to waiting lounge. ASF security staff was busy with another local staff member who was trying to go ahead without required permission.

...onboard Aircraft:
Aircraft was PIA newly inducted ATR 72-500 registered AP-BKZ. Flight experience with ATR 72-500 was awesome; comfortable, very smooth & less noisy. It was my first flight in ATR-72 series aircraft. Cabin was looking neat & clean with new seats but carpet was not looking good. “Reclining” operation of seats was missing. Both cabin crew members were cooperative & helping. Meal was formal but good in taste.

Photos;

When aircraft was taxiing;
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After take-off;
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Engine view-1;
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Engine view-2;
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This is interesting; should be discussed.
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Cabin view;
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Safety Card;
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Re: Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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^ I think this is first ATR 72 trip report with photos on this forum - thank you for sharing.

I would also have liked to see photo of meal served to passengers.

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Abbas Ali wrote:I would also have liked to see photo of meal served to passengers.

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Forgot to take photos. #-o
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People complaint about PIA customer service, but i have never experienced any such lack in customer service while traveling with PIA since 1980s except on 2 ocassions. One time i faced problem while i was about to travel with my wife from KWI to LHE in Feb 2011 when almost all PIA flight crew went on strike, most probably due to the Turkish codeshare if i am not mistaken :-k

Second was my flight got diverted to Karachi due to monsoon activity at Lahore and landing was not possible due to high surface winds, while staying at JIAP transit lounge for almost 2 hrs, PIA did not bother to serve breakfast or at least water for the passengers of PIA206.

Diversion to Karachi and disembarkation at gate 18 via mobile stairs

1. Airline: Pakistan International Airlines
2. Flight Number: PIA206
3. Flight Date: 1 July 2011
4. Flight Duration: 03hr 30min (with diversion and stay at KHI, almost 8 hrs in total)
5. Airport names: Kuwait International Airport - Jinnah International Airport - Allama Iqbal International Airport
6. Seat number: -
7. Aircraft registration & model: AP-BEB - A310-308
8. Profession: Non-Aviation

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Pakistan International - A310-300 - AP-BEB by Raihan S.R. Bakhsh, on Flickr

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Pakistan International - A310-300 - AP-BEB by Raihan S.R. Bakhsh, on Flickr

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Pakistan International - A310-300 - AP-BEB by Raihan S.R. Bakhsh, on Flickr


another great experience aboard PIA206

1. Airline: Pakistan International Airlines
2. Flight Number: PIA206
3. Flight Date: 17 May 2013
4. Flight Duration: 03hr 30min
5. Airport names: Kuwait International Airport - Allama Iqbal International Airport
6. Seat number: -
7. Aircraft registration & model: AP-BGN - A310-324ET
8. Profession: Non-Aviation

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Pakistan International - Cabin Crew by Raihan S.R. Bakhsh, on Flickr

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Pakistan International - Cabin Crew by Raihan S.R. Bakhsh, on Flickr
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Re: Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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@reihans

Thank you for sharing your flight experience. You 've great photos collection.
raihans wrote:People complaint about PIA customer service, but i have never experienced any such lack in customer service while traveling with PIA since 1980s except on 2 ocassions. One time i faced problem while i was about to travel with my wife from KWI to LHE in Feb 2011 when almost all PIA flight crew went on strike, most probably due to the Turkish codeshare if i am not mistaken.
Maybe you 've not experienced that but there are too many flaws in PIA customer services, like PIA Overseas Toll Free Numbers doesn't respond anytime. Cancelling/delaying flights, and putting passengers in different flights without informing them etc.. This is a routine practice. With all this, there is no proper complaint registration and immediate responsive system for passengers.
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BTW, Urdu translation of the statement "No Step on Armrest" is wrong one, and doesn't meet with the requirement of "Understanding".

The main theme to write this statement is "Please do not sit or put a load on Armrest of seat", but in above mentioned a common passenger can't understand what it actually means. Maybe someone can understand in English but no one can understand this Urdu translation "Ahaata".

Someone told me that PIA send all such statements to a University for Urdu translations, and follow their recommendation. Unable to understand the logic behind this. The main purpose of writing such statements is "Understanding" that what to do and how to do, but when such translations doesn't comply with the requirement why to use them?

Urdu translation should be simplified for a common passenger which make some sense; maybe like this;

Translation-1;
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Translation-2;
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Translation-3;
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Re: Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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I travel alot ,every year twice return journey.
This was by far the best journey because i sat on AP-BFY:
1. Airline name:PIA
2. Flight Number: PK-302
3. Flight Date : 24 december 2014
4. Flight Duration : 1hr 35mins
5. Airport name: departing from and destination : KHI-LHE , OPKC-OPLA
6. Your seat number : Don't quite remember
7. Aircraft registration & model : AP-BFY Boeing 747-300
8. Your profession : Nothing (I'm just 15) but i am an aviation photographer :love:
Trip Report:
When i arrived on a cold morning at Karachi Airport with Family,saw the three private airlines parked side-by-side
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After getting into nice heated Karachi Airport feeling cozy and warm we were welcomed with this PIA's Boeing 777 model
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AP-BGL
I quickly walked towards the airside part of the buildings where we can see the airport.I went to see what's there for me to catch and suddenly got shocked to see this :shock:
ImageIMG_7201 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
AP-BFY was on the tarmac! I quickly went towards the flight boards and saw that it was Jumbo on my flight PK-302 and i confirmed it by seeing the website.Other sightings:
ImageIMG_7202 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
AP-BHX getting ready to operate flight to London.
ImageIMG_7203 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7205 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7204 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7206 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7227 by abdus sattar00, on FlickrImageIMG_7228 by abdus sattar00, on FlickrImageIMG_7233 by abdus sattar00, on FlickrImageIMG_7251 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
BLC coming in to operate extra flight PK-3022
ImageIMG_7253 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Notice different placing of Star and Crescent on Tail.
ImageIMG_7264 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Head front
Image11665039_866179676795337_539319893_o by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Image11658923_866179683462003_1473001880_o by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Imagebfy7 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Imagebfy8 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7283 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7400 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Image11705952_866192830127355_1864025014_o by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Image11656234_866192816794023_1599535562_o by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
:love: :love:
Image11664801_866192820127356_824576797_o by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
ImageIMG_7443 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
After landing at Lahore.
ImageIMG_7445 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
Qatar A321
ImageIMG_7447 by abdus sattar00, on Flickr
One more Qatri spotted .
I hope you liked my report :)
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Re: Your Flight Experience with Pakistan Airlines

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@747-300

Flight experience report with nicely captured photos. Thanks for sharing!