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After backlash, Pakistan PM orders probe over controversial PIA post resembling 9/11

January 16, 2025 5:12 am

Posted on PIA's official X account (formerly Twitter) on 10 January, the post featured an image of an aircraft heading towards the Eiffel Tower against a backdrop of the French flag. The caption read: "Paris, we're coming today."

PIA to resume Europe flights from Jan 10

December 08, 2024 2:05 am

The PIA will resume flights to Europe on January 10 by flying a Boeing 777 to Paris and booking for it would open on a day before, the Airlines spokesperson Hafeez Khan said.

Loss-making national airline PIA privatised by caretaker govt ahead of elections

February 07, 2024 10:32 pm

Minister for Privatisation Fawad Hasan Fawad, who moved the summary, informed the cabinet that such a step would result in attracting investors towards PIA.

PIA aircraft strays in Indian airspace for 10 mins after failing to land in Lahore

May 07, 2023 5:33 pm

The PIA flight PK248, which returned from Muscat on May 4 at 8 pm, failed to land at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore due to the heavy rain, the report said.

PIA passenger plane 'held back' at Kuala Lumpur airport over UK court case

January 15, 2021 7:21 pm

The Boeing 777 aircraft was seized after a court order, an airline spokesman said, and alternative arrangements were being made for passengers due to fly from Kuala Lumpur back to Pakistan.

PIA to operate another flight to India from this month

October 07, 2017 2:04 am

"We have decided to operate another flight from Lahore to New Delhi from this month as passenger volume has increased a little," PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar told PTI.

Pakistan International Airlines' IT system malfunction disrupts operations

May 29, 2017 8:13 pm

Aviation officials said that several flights were delayed and further booking stopped due to the technical glitch. "Our technical and engineering staff is working to sort out the problem," they said. It was not known what caused the problem.

Seven Indian staffers at PIA stare at bleak future

May 10, 2017 10:34 am

Most nearing retirement, say finding another job may not be easy now

After suspension of service, last flight of Pakistan International Airlines arrives in Mumbai

May 08, 2017 7:00 pm

The decision to suspend the flight came amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. However, PIA officials have only cited commercial reasons.

Pakistan Parliament to clear decks for privatisation of PIA

March 21, 2016 1:33 pm

Pakistan's PIA has been running into losses for years and the government says it is not possible to turn it around with the current system of management.

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