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In 2008, the airline was temporarily shut down after an employee strike against the management. This, however, took only a few days. [3] After the strike, between 2009 and 2010, there had been changes in the top management. In early 2010, the management decided to change the name Riau Airlines to Riau Air and also the logo.
On 24 June 2014, while on approach to its destination, Peshawar, the Airbus A310-300 operating as Pakistan International Airlines Flight 756, was hit by gunfire fired from outside the airport. One female passenger was killed and two crew members received serious injuries.
She was the Pakistan's first woman to get a commercial pilot licence on 12 July 1959. When Shukriya Khanum joined the country's sole airline, Pakistan International Airlines, female pilots were not permitted to fly commercial planes. She therefore accepted the job of flight instructor at PIA's training centre, where she taught young cadets.
Airline IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced Hubs Planned fleet by 2028 Type Pakistan International Airlines: PK PIA: PAKISTAN: 1946 Islamabad International Airport: 48 Full service Airblue: PA ABQ: Air Blue: 2004: Islamabad International Airport: 30 Full service Serene Air: ER SEP: Serene Air: 2017: Jinnah International Airport: 20 Full service Air ...
A racist “Karen” was seen hurtling insults at an Indian-American family after a United Airlines flight Wedding photographer, Pervez Taufiq, at airport, with people and luggage in the ...
Pakistan International Airlines released details of the flight manifest which shows 91 passengers (51 men, 31 women, and 9 children); there were also 8 crew members. [5] [9] [27] [28] [15] The death toll was confirmed as 97, consisting solely of those on board the plane [11] [29] but later one of those injured on the ground died. [30]
The Government of Pakistan's report in 2020 emphasized that after Air Marshals Nur Khan and Asghar Khan—whose tenures were regarded in aviation circles as the "Golden Age of PIA"—departed from their leadership roles, the airline began a downward trajectory, suffering billions in losses. Its assets declined, disciplinary issues escalated ...
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by al-Zulfikar terrorists with support of Afghanistan's KhAD, from 2 March to 14 March 1981. [1]