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PIA looks to increase fleet size to 60

'PIA is targeting to have a fleet of 60 aircraft by 2020,' says CEO Bernd Hildenbrand

Our Correspondent October 31, 2016

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KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is looking to increase its fleet size to 60 aircraft by 2020 and start flights to Barcelona, Leipzig, Salalah and Bangkok, chief executive officer of the national carrier said.

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“PIA is targeting to have a fleet of 60 aircraft by 2020,” said Bernd Hildenbrand, the CEO, while speaking at a weekly meeting in Rotari Club Karachi. “In addition to increasing domestic flights, PIA is planning to increase its flights to Paris, New York, Kuala Lumpur, Jeddah, Beijing and Toronto while starting new flights to Barcelona, Leipzig, Salalah and Bangkok,” he said, quoted in a PIA statement.

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The statement, however, did not mention timelines for the increase in number of flights and introduction of flights on new international routes.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 1^st, 2016.

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COMMENTS (5)

Procrastinator | 8 years ago | Reply I hope they include some A380s too!

Hassan | 8 years ago | Reply I hope by 2020 our airports are also upgraded to handled A380 aircrafts.

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Javed | 8 years ago | Reply So the new private owner may get better

numbersnumbers | 8 years ago | Reply Number of PIA employees sure to also double to maintain current employee-to-plane ratio!

Haji Atiya | 8 years ago | Reply @Hasan Malik: "German work ethic" while commendable only works positively when one is together with like-minded individuals, and not with a bunch of jokers and even crooks operating at conflicting and cross purposes.

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