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Pakistan International Airlines

Pakistan International Airlines (Urdu: ‎پاکستان بین الاقوامی طیران; abbreviated PIA, Urdu: پی‌آئی‌اے) is an international airline which is the government-owned flag carrier of Pakistan. Its primary hub is Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, while Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore and Islamabad International Airport serve as secondary hubs. PIA was founded on 29 October 1946 by Shanaz as Orient Airways, and was initially based in Calcutta, British India, before shifting operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in 1947. Orient Airways was nationalised to form the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC). The new airline commenced international services in 1955 to London, via Cairo and Rome. In 1964 it became the first non-Communist airline to fly to China. The airline assisted in the establishment of Emirates in 1985. In 2004, PIA became the launch customer of the Boeing 777-200LR. On 10 November 2005, PIA used ... [Wikipedia]

IATA-Code: PK | ICAO-Code: PIA | Callsign: PAKISTAN | Inception: 1955

Pakistan International Airlines Ratings: 3.8 of 5 stars with 21 ratings