Delivery of Dry Leased Airbus A320s to PIA to Begin in June

[Abbas Ali]

October 30, 2014 - PIA Airbus A320-214 (AP-BLD) taking rest at Benazir Bhutto International Air Port (BBIAP) - Islamabad after completion of delivery flight PK-1786 from Shanghai via Dhaka.


October 30, 2014 - AP-BLD passenger cabin.


October 30, 2014 - Chairman PIA Nasser N.S. Jaffer talking to Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Capt. Shujaat Azeem aboard AP-BLD.


October 30, 2014 - AP-BLD cockpit.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Photos of PIA Airbus A320-214 (AP-BLD) at Benazir Bhutto International Air Port (BBIAP) - Islamabad after completion of delivery flight PK-1786 from Shanghai via Dhaka on October 30, 2014.


AP-BLD with PIA flight attendants.


Cabin interior. Note 'EXIT' sign in Chinese and English.




Media was invited to attend AP-BLD arrival ceremony. 'LD' of aircraft registration AP-BLD visible on nose gear door.

Photos Source: ummat.net

Abbas

[Charliedelta11]

I was looking at planespotters.net and they have a 4th A320 mentioned there for PIA.
AP- 2274 Airbus A320-214 C8Y150 Due B-6017 lsf GECAS.

Any idea when this one is due?

[Abbas Ali]

I was looking at planespotters.net and they have a 4th A320 mentioned there for PIA.
AP- 2274 Airbus A320-214 C8Y150 Due B-6017 lsf GECAS.

Any idea when this one is due?

AP-BLD is A320 c/n 2274 and ex-B-6017.

Four A320s in PIA fleet page on planespotters.net are:

AP-BLB - dry leased from GECAS.
AP-BLC - dry leased from GECAS.
AP-BLD - dry leased from GECAS.
JY-JAT - wet leased from Jordan Aviation.

Abbas

[Yasir Airways]

But Abbas Bhai, PIA also has 2 more wet-leased A320s and that is LZ-MDR and LZ-MDA. Thank you and PIA has received BLD on my birthday! hehe made me birthday

[Abbas Ali]

^ Happy birthday Yasir.

Btw, AP-BLD was flown from Islamabad to Karachi as flight PK-3092 on October 31.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bld

Abbas

[mac777]

congrats.
so now they will be operating 8 narrow bodies which will help them in their schedule.however capacity wise pia is still lagging after retiring their 500 seat b747, b737 and quite a few a310.
so in the near future b777 and a320 will be the workhorse. hopefully the atr 72 would be able to help on some domestic routes like karachi to multan,bahawalpur,dg khan, ryk ect.
any news about the second set of narrow body on dry lease.
i dont really agree that all the dry lease a320 should have business class seats. i believe a 180 all eco config is the way to go until they can offer an up to date business class product

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Airbus A320-214 (AP-BLD) now performing flight PK-304 from Karachi to Lahore.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bld

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Green and gold stripes are painted incorrectly on PIA Airbus A320-214s registrations AP-BLB and AP-BLD.


AP-BLC with correct green and gold stripes.


AP-BLB with incorrect green and gold stripes.


AP-BLD with incorrect green and gold stripes.

Abbas

[Moin]

Oh my God can't they get anything right???

[ammad]

Very least ball is rolling and we are seeing new induction into fleet at this time I guess Aircraft by itself matters most.

[Abbas Ali]

Stripes corrected on AP-BLD.



Abbas

[raihans]

^ at last they realized the error and fixed it

[faiq]

There was another deal was finalized, I can't recall the exact number of aircraft that were to be delivered. When is their delivery expected. PIA is showing improvement in terms of decreased losses. Increase in domestic frequency along with improved connections to regional destinations such as Dhaka and Dubai.

[Abbas Ali]

^ Following four A320s were approved for dry lease in PIA bid evaluation report some months ago.

Airbus A320-214 last known registration OK-MEH.
Airbus A320-214 last known registration OK-MEI.
Airbus A320-214 last known registration OK-MEJ.
Airbus A320-232 last known registration 4R-ABJ.

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Abbas