PIA Invites Bids to Acquire Up To Three Wide-Body Aircraft on Dry Lease

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Why not fly to the West coast of the US via HKG PEK SPD or BKK
Many travelers would love a cheaper alternative to all the airlines that Monopolise these routes
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I read somewhere about west coast routing of Lhe-PVG-LAX but never materialised.
But new Boeing 777s are capable enough to fly Lax to lhe non stop.

Travel to hkg , bkk is good for travel to fareastern part of world like Aussies, but not for US it took ages to reach US except SFO or LAX.
For example travel to OrD via manchester takes 18 hrs including stopover.

Travel to LAX via manchester will take 19-20 hrs including stopover. Return leg will b around 14-16hrs non stop.
Lets pray from Almight Allah to please help us , help our PIA and help our nation to re-boost again . Ameen
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Re: PIA Invites Bids to Acquire Up To Three Wide-Body Aircraft on Dry Lease

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Bids opening day today (October 6) for dry lease of up to three 300 plus seater twin-engine wide-body aircraft.

Hope they make result available to news media.

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Abbas Ali wrote:Bids opening day today (October 6) for dry lease of up to three 300 plus seater twin-engine wide-body aircraft.

Hope they make result available to news media.

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Waiting for the updates Abbas Bhai. Hope we will get newish birds of Kenya Airways.
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Last week, a close relative of mine was operating PK 308 to Islamabad as captain.The chairman PIA was on that flight and spent sometime with the cockpit crew. He told the captain that the deal for the Kenyan B777-300ers has been put off as they have been able to finalize a deal of 5 new B777-300s from Boeing for next year that is 2016, as per the original plan.However, 2 B777-200ers from Vietnam Airlines will be joining the airline soon. He also mentioned that the management is taking actions to ensure that all cadet pilots are operational within one year.This is what the chairman told the captain and he has had a good reputation with his words and commitments.Let us hope for the best.
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Average production rate of B777-340 ER is 9 Aircraft a month almost 100 in a year. They also have back log of 190 Aircraft thus there is a good wait period of two years for new B777-340 ER.
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You mean 300ER, as 340 or 40 is Pakistan customer number.
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40 is the code for Pak
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'40' is Boeing Customer code only for PIA and it is used in designation/type of brand new aircraft purchased/acquired by PIA directly from Boeing.

If some other Pakistani airline acquires brand new aircraft directly from Boeing then Boeing will allocate a different customer code for that Pakistani airline.

Brand new aircraft delivered directly to PIA by Boeing Company from past to present:

Boeing 707-340C
Boeing 720-040B
Boeing 737-340
Boeing 747-240B Combi
Boeing 777-240ER
Boeing 777-240LR
Boeing 777-340ER

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Abbas Bhai, any information on the Kenya airways B777-300ers?
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^ Let's wait & see.

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Dear ABBAS and all,
Any updates about 3 wide bodies which was yet to confirmed.
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^ Bid evaluation report should be expected to appear on official PIA website in next three to four weeks.

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CoyBoy wrote:You mean 300ER, as 340 or 40 is Pakistan customer number.
Yeah, off course 300 ER. 340 is for PIA only. Thanks for that.
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