PIA Resuming Amsterdam From July 4

Suleman · Post by **Suleman** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:25 am

PIA is going to resume Amsterdam From 4 Juli 2008.
PK 761 will be routed through Istanbul.

www.piac.com.pk

SAFPILOT · Post by **SAFPILOT** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:35 am

great news!!

will they use the A310??

Suleman · Post by **Suleman** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:50 am

Yes they will use A310

Let's hoop they send B777 instead of A310

SAFPILOT · Post by **SAFPILOT** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:02 pm

If they send the 777 I will go to schiphol!!

Y e F F · Post by **Y e F F** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:22 pm

Good newz, PIA should really focus on resuming off-stations.

2 weekly flights are being shown PK 762, on T & F to ISL.

Would it not be better if they extend one flight to Lahore / Karachi? Or one flight from / to Islamabad via Istanbul and one flight from / to Lahore / Karachi via Istanbul?

Btw, they've changed their shedules view options a bit.

arifm · Post by **arifm** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:09 pm

Is this confirmed? What are the timings?
I'll certainly go on 4 July to spot my country's national airline

Whatever it will be, a 777 or a A310! Pakistan Zindabad! PIA Zindabad!

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:52 pm

What are the frequencies? Once or twice a week? Thats the medium by which PIA operates.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:46 pm

Fly Twice Weekly to Amsterdam

Starting 04 July, 2008, Fly Twice Weekly to Amsterdam, Every Tuesday and Friday.

Please contact the nearest PIA Booking Office for further details.

Source: PIA

killinghall · Post by **killinghall** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:03 pm

I wonder if PK has fifth freedom rights between AMS and IST - this is a very popular route with lots of Dutch/Belgian people of Turkish origin travelling all the time, so could be worth the fanfare if they advertise it properly

aslihan · Post by **aslihan** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:40 pm

PIA has operated this route in the past and PIA used to be the cheapest option on this route with DC10's followed by 747's. After operating the route for many many years, suddenly PIA wrapped up and closed Turkey operations altogether in 1990's. PIA offices in Ankara and Istanbul were closed down as well. PIA office in Istanbul used to be located in Hilton hotel at Taksim square. PIA used the same hotel for crew stay those days.

Currently, PIA is managing through a GSA. The GSA website http://www.airep.com/pia.asp is not showing IST-AMS fares yet. Only fares displayed are in East direction with IST departures.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:42 am

^ Fares info in following news report.

PIA Starting IstanbulÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“Amsterdam Flights

Written by Ozgur Tore
Sunday, 22 June 2008

Airep (www.airep.com) announced that Pakistan International Airlines will fly between Istanbul and Amsterdam on Tuesday and Friday from July 4, 2008. Flights will depart from Istanbul at 11.00 and arrive Amsterdam 13.30. Return flight from Amsterdam will take off on 14.50 and arrive Istanbul at 19.30. The round-trip fares start from ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬110.- exc. Taxes. Pakistan International Airlines will depart from Istanbul for Islamabad at 20.10 and arrive 04.25. In return plane will depart at 07.00 from Islamabad and arrive Istanbul at 10.00. The round-trip fares start from ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬390.- exc. Taxes.

Source: www.ftnnews.com

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:35 pm

Airep (www.airep.com) announced that Pakistan International Airlines will fly between Istanbul and Amsterdam on Tuesday and Friday from July 4, 2008. Flights will depart from Istanbul at 11.00 and arrive Amsterdam 13.30. Return flight from Amsterdam will take off on 14.50 and arrive Istanbul at 19.30. The round-trip fares start from ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬110.- exc. Taxes.

On this sector, along with Turkish / KLM, how many other carriers will be competing with PIA? And is the PIA fare competitive with rest of carriers on the route?

akramch1 · Post by **akramch1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:16 pm

According to the email PIA fares are competative to other airlines on this route though low fare airline are cheaper than this.
But at moment Agents of PIA is holland e.g Khan travels demanding a very high fare from Amsterdam to islamabad(1050ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ to 1100 ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬).
Which is much more higher than its competators like Gulf air and lufthansa.Gulfair return ticket for lahore is available only for 700 to 750ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬.
and for lufthansa 750ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ to 800ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ from amsterdam.Emirates available from Dussoldorf to lahore in range of 630ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ to 700ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬.How PIA can compete with these carriers with such a high fare.
Regard,
Akram

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:12 pm

Fly to "Venice of the North": Amsterdam from Islamabad via Istanbul. Every Tuesday and Friday Starting 4th of July.

Source: PIA

arifm · Post by **arifm** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:34 pm

can anyone confirm the time of arrival at amsterdam and departure from amsterdam?
PIA site says the arrival at amsterdam is 13:30.

because i'm going tommorow to make video and pictures and then i'll post it on the forum.