PK 709 cancelled

SENIOR · Post by **SENIOR** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:25 pm

The results are in..... after canxx WED PK709/710

Todays PK710/03JUL09 MAN-LHE booked figure 13/315 (config B773 -35/358)

The inbound load LHE-MAN 17/270

The return fare at the MAN airport - Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ 782/ inc taxes until 31JUL and even after that it only drops by Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£80......go figure

t_kaay · Post by **t_kaay** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:09 pm

SENIOR wrote:
The return fare at the MAN airport - Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ 782/ inc taxes until 31JUL and even after that it only drops by Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£80......go figure

Doesn't it make you wonder.....The school holidays are coming up so what do PIA do? Yes, thats right, bump up the prices and rip the families off who want to take their kids back to Pakistan to show them their families origins. I hope people who complain about the attitudes of UK born Pakistani kids realise that part of the problem is that families can't afford to take the kids back to see the homeland at these prices. Unbelievable that PIA cannot make an incentive for us to take our families during school holidays. Just mid boggling. Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£782 is what some families earn per MONTH here!!! Its not paved with gold in the UK, contrary to what some of our relatives think!!!

Oh and with Eid coming up, wham, they put the prices up again so that those wanting to travel to meet their families can pay through the nose again. Typical Pakistani mentality....screw the customer for all you can.

In contrast, look at BA's latest offers for longhaul flights....maybe I've missed something and BA have converted their planes to CNG??

Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£259 RETURN to New York https://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb

Amaad Lone · Post by **Amaad Lone** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:34 am

Rather then cancelling the flight was it not possible to merge the two flights into one.

For example take a Lahore-London flight and make a stopver at Manchaster. Or take a Islambad-Manchaster flight, and make a stopover in Lahore to pick up the passengers.

Cancelling flights due to poor loads is not a good marketing tool.

F.K · Post by **F.K** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:22 pm

the director marketing has changed. maybe now we can expect some viable initiatives to increase seat factor and maximize turnover.
the marketing department needs to be vibrant and effective in order for the airline to be a profitable concern. fleet expansion or mordernization alone will not help if pia cant fill up its aircraft without reducing capacity and frequency.

pakistan712 · Post by **pakistan712** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:09 pm

F.K wrote:the director marketing has changed. maybe now we can expect some viable initiatives to increase seat factor and maximize turnover.
the marketing department needs to be vibrant and effective in order for the airline to be a profitable concern. fleet expansion or mordernization alone will not help if pia cant fill up its aircraft without reducing capacity and frequency.

F.K all of these directors are they same they don't help the airline in any way. i doubt it we'll see any improvment. they are just too busy worrying about there salaries

does anybody know why the PIA flight schedule on PIA website is not working?