PIA to Dry Lease Narrow-body and Turboprop Aircraft

[Sahil Ali]

The name "42" comes from the aircraft's standard seating, which varies from 40 to 52. ATR 72 a stretched variant of the ATR 42, the aircraft seats up to 74 passengers.

[bigfish]

Something is indeed better than nothing.

[Abbas Ali]

PIA ATR 72-500 with French registration F-WNUE sticker covering Pakistani registration AP-BKZ photographed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France on March 16, 2015.


PIA Pakistan International Airlines by Jacques PANAS, on Flickr

Abbas

[GEnx]

A350XWB airframe in the background...

[Sahil Ali]

[Sahil Ali]

[GEnx]

I was checking PIA flight schedule for ISB to LHE. Its showing an aircraft named AT7 on 31st of March. Probably its Atr-72..?

[Sahil Ali]

Still no sign of other 4 ATR'S

[GEnx]

Relax. Aircraft acquisitions are never clear till the end time at PIA. Today you dont know whats going on, and the next day you see aircraft painted in PIA livery. So have some patience and pray for the best

[GEnx]

Btw can anyone tell what are those circular marks on the ground in the last Atr pic?

[Sahil Ali]

But the delivery schedule says immediately but not later than march 31 2015?

[GEnx]

The three A320s in PIA fleet were also not all delivered within the given date in tender . Specially AP-BLD was delivered in october, while the date given in the tender was not later than August or July. Probably the date 31st March is just for the first delivery, which initiates the delivery procedure. May be.

[Sahil Ali]

[Abbas Ali]

Dry leased PIA ATR 72-500 seen at Toulouse-Francazal Airport in France on March 16, 2015. Pakistani registration AP-BKZ issued to the aircraft is covered with French registration F-WNUE stickers in this photo.

Also note water splashed by nose gear wheels.


Click here to see large photo. (Photo by Zaninger Jonathan)

Abbas

[Moin]

At least they got the shape and curvature of the green/gold stripe correct.