PIA to Dry Lease Narrow-body and Turboprop Aircraft

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Re: PIA to Dry Lease Narrow-body and Turboprop Aircraft

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imiakhtar wrote: faiq wrote:
By the way PIA not utilizing the aircrafts i.e A320s to maximum utility. They can make them fly 15-18 hours a day.




Are you mad?

Moderator. Please take a look of this statement. Though intended for some body else but not appropriate.
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Re: PIA to Dry Lease Narrow-body and Turboprop Aircraft

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Both types of ATR AP BKZ and BHH are on flightradar 24 now.
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ammad wrote:
imiakhtar wrote: faiq wrote:
By the way PIA not utilizing the aircrafts i.e A320s to maximum utility. They can make them fly 15-18 hours a day.




Are you mad?

Moderator. Please take a look of this statement. Though intended for some body else but not appropriate.
Removed it from the actual post.

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Recently delivered PIA Airbus A320-214 registration AP-BLV photographed in Dubai on June 5.

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AP-BLU was expected to fly it's delivery flight today. Any latest information?
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AP-BLA cabin view;

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The club class seats on the A320s look like ex A310-300 club class seats.

Horrible ugly and uncomfortable looking.

Better to go all economy with 162 seats.

PIA should work at improving its economy class and bring back the lost traffic.
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Amaad Lone wrote:The club class seats on the A320s look like ex A310-300 club class seats.
I think these seats belong to a B737; possibly AP-BEH which was previously a VIP aircraft.
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Seems Dubai became first international destination visited by PIA A320 registration AP-BLA in retro livery as flight PK-213 from Karachi on June 5.

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

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Test flights of ATR MSN 1036 done today by PIA.
MSN 1000 test flight is also scheduled today around 4.30 PST.
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Hope to see these aircrafts land at JIAP soon. InshAllah.
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Photo on following link shows ATR 72-500 construction number 1037 wearing PIA livery with French registration F-WNUG sticker at Toulouse - Francazal Airport, France. Photo was taken on June 5, 2015.

Apparently the website is showing incorrect Pakistani registration AP-BKY for this ATR.

http://www.airteamimages.com/atr-72_AP- ... large.html

AP-BKY performed test flights under French registration F-WNUC and was delivered to PIA on May 1, 2015.

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i think they should get 5 more ATR-72. Instead of once daily service or thrice weekly of domestic with a320/b777, they can do double daily or daily with atr-72. Plus it's cheaper to operate etc.
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Abbas Ali wrote:Seems Dubai became first international destination visited by PIA A320 registration AP-BLA in retro livery as flight PK-213 from Karachi on June 5.

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

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Re: PIA to Dry Lease Narrow-body and Turboprop Aircraft

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BLA might be operating PK 270 to Delhi today so the plane will have its first visit to India.
Btw what's the status of Ap-BLS,it's been more than five days since its delivery but still no update on its first official flight.