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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 was a scheduled domestic flight from Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore to Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. On 22 May 2020, the Airbus A320 crashed into Model Colony , a densely populated residential area of Karachi only a few kilometres from the runway, while on a second ...
Busiest routes at Allama Iqbal International Airport (by number of flights weekly) Rank City Country Number of flights Airlines 1 Karachi Pakistan: 61 airblue, Pakistan International Airlines, Serene Air, AirSial, Fly Jinnah: 2 Jeddah Saudi Arabia: 33 airblue, Pakistan International Airlines, Saudia: 3 Dubai United Arab Emirates: 26
The flight was en route to Karachi from Lahore. Flight PK8303, carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members on board, crashed while on the descent towards the runway of Jinnah International Airport, killing 97 while two passengers survived. The cause of the crash was due to the aircraft being badly damaged in the first belly landing, with both ...
Jinnah International Airport (Urdu: جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) (IATA: KHI, ICAO: OPKC), formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. [4]
The airline has its head office on the grounds of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. [1] [2] Its main bases are Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Pakistan International Airlines was set up on 1 March 1955, after Orient Airways merged with the government's proposed new airline.
The following table provides details of the busiest airports in Pakistan in terms of total passenger numbers, including both international and domestic passengers, from the fiscal year July 2015 - June 2016 to the fiscal year July 2021 - June 2022.
The airline is based in Karachi and currently serves five domestic destinations. [3] Iqbal Ali Lakhani is the airline's current chairman. [4] The airline started domestic flight operations on 31 October 2022, when its first flight took off from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and landed at Islamabad International Airport in Islamabad. [5]
On 22 May 2020, Abid was amongst the passengers of the PIA Flight 8303, [5] which crashed while on final approach for landing near the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi; She was said to be returning to the city after attending her uncle's funeral in Lahore. [18] [19] A flight manifest released by PIA showed her name on the list of passengers.