Pakistan International Airlines or PIA international airlines is the national flag bearer airline of the nation Pakistan which is in Karachi. PIA International Airlines controls scheduled airline services to around forty six places all the way through the Middle East, Asia, North America and Europe and Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) has an extended domestic airline network connecting with the twenty four destinations. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is the only state-possessed airline in the country of Pakistan since its independence.
Pakistan International Airlines or PIA can describe its days of beginnings when Pakistan was not an independent nation. In the year of 1946, Muhammad Ali Jinnah first felt the need of an airline web for the country. He took help of a skillful industrialist known as Mirza Ahmad Ispahani to build up a new flag carrier for the Pakistan nation. At the same time, an airline named Orient Airways was registered in Calcutta, was established on 23rd October in 1946. In February of 1947, the airline got three DC-3 planes from a company based in Texas and in that year, the airline was permitted a license to fly. All the Services were begun in June from Calcutta to Rangoon and Akyab. It was the first post war flight by a South Asian aviation company. After two months, this service started and Pakistan was took shape.
The main foundations of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) are Lahore and the Islamabad International Airport, Jinnah International Airport, the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Karachi Airport and Islamabad/Rawalpindi Airport. The PIA (Pakistan International Airline) also has secondary posts, admitting Faisalabad International Airport, Peshawar International Airport, Multan International Airport, Quetta International Airport from which it links the residential cities with the main grounds of Middle East and Far East. The Pakistan International Airlines has also been selected as the official airline in the 'Destination Pakistan 2007' occasion.
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The Pakistan International Airlines is possessed by the Government of Pakistan (87%) and other share owners (13%). According by the calculation of March 2007, it is known that the Pakistan International Airlines has 19,263 employees.Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has fleet following the aircraft such as Airbus A310-300, ATR 42-500, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 747-200 Combi, Boeing 747-300, Boeing 777-200ER, Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-300ER. Besides these the Pakistan International Airlines (PIL) began Cargo services in the year of 1974 to the Europe and Middle East. PIA has Cargo fleet named Airbus A300B4-200F.
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