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  • PIA to Add Flight Frequencies, Routes in Europe

    Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is likely to enhance its international flights’ frequencies and destinations in Europe as ban on its all aircraft –imposed by the European Union (EU) – has been lifted recently, PIA official said.

    Official source said the PIA management is considering adding its flights frequencies in London and Copenhagen and destinations in routes of Spain and Turkey.

    The destinations in European states would prove profitable for the national airline on the demand of large number of passengers, he said and added “PIA’s planning department studies strongly suggested addition of frequencies and flights on these routes.”

    He further said the new routes and flights would be added in the next three to four months since the marketing and regulatory measures normally spare this period.

    The EU had imposed a ban over 18 Airbus A310-300 and Boeing 747 aircraft of PIA in March 2007 after the airline failed to meet the standards of Safety Assessment of Foreign Airlines. Besides, PIA’s nine Boeing 777 was the only service allowed to carry out operations on limited routes in the continent.

    The EU gradually lifted the ban on 10 aircraft of PIA and it cleared its all 41 aircrafts including remaining eight A310s and B747s upon the standard maintenance of engines and aircraft by the airlines department.

    PIA’s Engineering and Maintenance department was one of the best performers of the airline, which has been contributing millions of rupees to airlines for last couple years.

    By the end of September 2010, PIA’s engineering business contributed Rs 0.78 billion to the nine month gross profit of 7.803 billion, showing a healthy increase of 25 percent over the corresponding period last year

    PIA’s Deputy Managing Director Saleem Siyani said the airlines engineering department has a lot of potential to deliver in the future, as its quality of maintenance is high as per international standards.

    He said the talent of engineering department was recognised by US and allocate grant of $60,000 to prepare feasibility report for the joint venture between PIA and its airlines.

    Shaukat Jamshed, President Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan (SAEP), said the performance of engineering department would attract handsome business to airlines in the future.

    He said the PIA engineers are capable of providing services to all foreign advance aircraft of different airlines.
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