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\nPakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to launch new domestic and international flights to expand its operations.
\nAccording to reports, these services will begin in January, utilizing Boeing 777 and Airbus 320 aircraft.
\nStarting January 20, PIA will operate two weekly flights between Sialkot and Bahrain. Similarly, a weekly flight from Lahore to Kuwait will commence on January 25.
\nAdditionally, PIA will introduce two weekly flights between Lahore and Dammam from January 22, while one weekly flight between Faisalabad and Jeddah will start on January 20.
\nThe airline has also announced a weekly flight between Peshawar and Karachi, set to begin on January 25. Furthermore, PIA will operate weekly flights between Sialkot and Doha starting January 21.
\nOn December 30, 2024, PIA acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khurram Mushtaq announced plans to bring several grounded aircraft back into fleet operation from next year.
\nAccording to the PIA CEO, in the next six months, the airline plans to activate Boeing 777 and Airbus aircraft, increasing the operational fleet to 24 aircraft.
\nThe acting CEO, Khurram Mushtaq, revealed that out of 34 aircraft in PIA\u2019s fleet, only 16 were operational.
\nHowever, within three weeks, the national carrier team worked diligently to activate three aircraft, including Boeing 777, Airbus 320, and one ATR, for aerial operations. As a result, the number of active aircraft in the fleet has now reached 19.
\nKhurram Mushtaq also noted that the Boeing 777 aircraft will be used for air operations in European countries.
\n\u201cOur goal is to activate all 34 of PIA\u2019s aircraft within this year,\u201d said the CEO, adding that these efforts would significantly increase the airline\u2019s revenue.
\nIn a notable decision, PIA has also approved a 25% salary increase for its employees.
\nLast year, Pakistan International Airlines added two more aircraft to its operations fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
islamabad Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to launch new domestic and international flights to expand its operations. According to reports, these services will begin in January, utilizing Boeing 777 and Airbus 320 aircraft. Starting January 20, PIA will operate two weekly flights between Sialkot and Bahrain. Similarly, a weekly flight from Lahore to Kuwait …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75238,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75228\/revisions\/75238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}