PIA or Pakistan International Airlines, is the national flag carrier and a state-owned enterprise of the Government of Pakistan.Headquartered at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi it operates scheduled services to 23 domestic destinations and 30 international destinations in 27 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.

2. BY:
M. UMER YASIN

5. PIA or Pakistan International
Airlines, is the national flag
carrier and a state-owned
enterprise of
the Government of Pakistan.
Headquartered at Jinnah
International Airport in Karachi it
operates scheduled services to 23
domestic destinations and 30
international destinations in 27
countries across Asia, Europe and
North America.

6. Pakistan International
Airlines Corporation (PIAC)
is majority owned by
the Government of
Pakistan (87%) while the
remainder (13%) by private
shareholders.

8. HISTORY OF PIA:

9. On 11 March
1955, Pakistan
International
Airlines
Corporation
has established

10. PIA flew its first service with
the Super Constellation on 07
June 1954 on the route
linking Karachi and Dacca
(now Dhaka).

11. On 1 February
1955 the airline
flew its first
international
service, between
Karachi and
London via Cairo.

12. PIA set out to break the record for the fastest
flight between London and Karachi.
Historic Firsts and Unbroken Records:

15. Logo:
Slogan: Great People to Fly With
Official website: http://www.piac.aero
http://www.piac.com.pk

16. National flag tail
introduced by PIA

17. Head office:
PIA Building, Quaid-e-Azam
International Airport, Karachi,
Pakistan.

18. Main bases and
hubs: Karachi, Lahore,
Islamabad and
Peshawar.

19. PIAFleet:
6 x ATR 42-500
9 x Airbus A310-300
3 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Boeing 747-300
4 x Boeing 777-200ER
2 x Boeing 777-200LR
3 x Boeing 777-300ER

21. DOMESTIC ROUTE NETWORK:
BAHAWALPUR, CHITRAL, DERA GHAZI KHAN, DERA
ISMAIL KHAN, FAISALABAD, GILGIT, GWADAR,
HYDERABAD, ISLAMABAD, KARACHI, LAHORE,
MOENJODARO, MULTAN, NAWABSHAH,
PANJGUR, PESHAWAR, QUETTA, RAHIM YAR
KHAN, SIALKOT, SKARDU AND SUKKUR.

22. INTERNATIONAL ROUTE NETWORK:

23. EUROPE: London, Manchester,
Barcelona, Birmingham, Copenhagen,
Milan, Oslo and Paris.

24. :
New York, Chicago and
Toronto.

25. ASIAN AND PACIFIC:
Beijing, Delhi, Dhaka, Kabul, Kashgar,
Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai and Tokyo.
MIDDLE EASTERN:
Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha,
Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Medina,
Mashhad, Muscat, Riyadh and Sharjah;

27. PIA ACT:

28. First airline in
South Asia to
offer the facility
of seat
reservation
through mobile
phone.

29. Contact Information
Phone: 111-786-786
Fax: +(92-21) 3457-2225
Email: info@piac.aero
111-786-786
PK / Toll Free
1-800-578-6786
Canada
0800-90-5350
France
800-844-0524
Saudi Arabia
8000-441-1270
UAE
0-800-587-1023
UK
1-800-578-6786
USA

34. IN-FLIGHT DINING

35. Photo gallery of meals served on PIA flights:
Business Class :

36. Meal served to Economy Class passengers

39. NATIONAL PIA
MAGAZINE:

40. INTERNATIONAL
MAGAZINE:

41. Current Uniform Design

42. The controls of PIA's
brand

45. Cabin:

49. IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT:

51. Economy :
One Piece, maximum of 20 Kg, per
passenger
Economy Plus :
One Piece, maximum of 25 Kg, per
passenger
Business Plus :
Two Pieces per passenger with
total weight of two pieces not
exceeding 30 Kg
Excess Baggage will be per piece instead of per kg and additional piece up to 28 Kg
will be charged a flat rate of PKR 3000+CED(central excise duty) regardless of the sector.
Free Baggage Allowance on all domestic sectors
will be:

52. Hajj and Umrah operations:
PIA OPERATES A TWO-MONTH (PRE- AND
POST) HAJJ OPERATION EACH YEAR TO AND
FROM JEDDAH AND
SOMETIMES MADINAH IN SAUDI ARABIA. PIA
TRANSPORTS OVER 130,000 INTENDING PILGRIMS
EACH YEAR.