Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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Nepal is seeking resumption of PIA flights between Kathmandu and Pakistan.

Info Source: Pakistan Observer

PIA ended its service for Kathmandu in 2014.

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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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Why should PIA fly there, they should tell Nepal Airlines to resume KHI, even regional carriers quitting from here and expect PIA to provide door to door service.

In past ten years Pakistan has lost these carriers.

British Airways
Lufthansa
Swiss
Egypt Air
Eritrean Airlines
Ethiopian
Jazeera Airways
Flynas
Royal Jordanian
Syrian Air
Iraqi Airways
Mahan
Ariana
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Air India (operated by Indian)
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Singapore Airlines
Cathay Pacific
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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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What country 'demands' a foriegn airline to take their money.... we always miss golden opportunities.... considering the increase in number of nepali workers in UAE its a long term benefit .
a daily 320 to KTM... left over seats from khi can easily be filled up with 'KHEPI mafia.
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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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Do you expect PIA to sell cheaper tickets than flydubai and air arabia? also Nepal Airlines quit Dubai and never served any other UAE point, Gulf Air failed on the Dammam-Kathmadu route with Saudia code sharing, as a large Nepal expat force is that Saudi city, Saudia and Flynas never even considered flying there themselves.

Nepal airlines rcently returned to India resuming three cities, why cant they do Pakistan with just KHI, with A320, they will be paying landing fees etc and not flying for feee, if the route was working for PIA would they have quit? they even used 737 there years ago.
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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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1985 PIA advertisement promoting Kathmandu as an affordable holidays destination.

At that time PIA was operating once-a-week non-stop flight PK-268 from Karachi to Kathmandu every Tuesday. The flight departed from Karachi at 6:00 AM and arrived at Kathmandu at 9:30 AM.

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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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Coyboy,
Do u know that pia did operated a300s and 310s there? Im not a scheduling expert but closing down routes never sounded like a good idea may also add to negative publicity.
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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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PIA also used Boeing 737-300 for Kathmandu flights.

A PIA Boeing 737 in green & gold livery was shown parked at Kathmandu Airport in an old Pakistani movie aired by a local channel some weeks ago.

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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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^ it was also used there exclusively in 2004 when KTM was resumed, possibly also in 1990s.
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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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In a speech (to the Parsi / minority business community) in Karachi on Thursday 20th July, Nawaz Sharif claimed that airlines that had onced abandoned Karachi are now looking at returning. Hope that his claim is true.

It can be found on Daily motion -express news. I will try to share a link later.
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Re: Nepal Demands Resumption of PIA Flights for Kathmandu

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^ Yes, Mr. Sharif said that at two different events in Karachi on that day.

But he did not reveal further information like for example home countries of those airlines or names of airlines.

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