Why does PIA not make a profit? Heres one reason... LACK OF INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS! Afghanistan 30,000 Pakistanis live/work here and PIA only services the capital? - Kabul International Airport - In Service - Kandahar International Airport - Terminated Albania 100 Pakistanis live/work here, made sense to terminate it - Tirana International Airport - Terminated Austria 3500 Pakistanis live/work here - although Vienna is a major European hub, it makes sense to have terminated it. - Vienna International Airport - Terminated Azerbaijan 200 Pakistanis live/work here, made sense to terminate it - Baku International Airport - Terminated Bahrain - Bahrain International Airport - In Service Bangladesh - Dhaka International Airport - In Service China For all the hype about China, PIA only flies to Beijing! Makes no sense why PIA would drop Ürümqi, a city in a heavily Muslim dominated region of China. - Beijing Capital International Airport - In Service - Guangzhou International Airport - Terminated - Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport - Terminated - Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport - Terminated - Hong Kong International Airport - Terminated (Stupid Decision) Canada - Toronto Pearson International Airport - In Service Denmark - Copenhagen Airport - In Service Egypt - Cairo International Airport - Terminated France - Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport - In Service Germany 49,000 Pakistanis live here, mostly in Frankfurt! - Frankfurt Airport - Terminated (Stupid Decision) Greece 80,000 Pakistanis live in here, mostly in Athens! - Athens International Airport - Terminated (Another stupid decision) Indonesia 400 Pakistanis live/work here, made sense to terminate it - Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport - Terminated Iran Pakistan with the second largest Shia population in the world, and PIA still cant figure it out. - Mashhad International Airport - In Service - Tehran Mehrabad International Airport - Terminated - Zahedan Airport - Terminated (Made Sense) Iraq This made sense... - Baghdad International Airport - Terminated Italy This was a smart decision since most of the 150,000 Pakistanis in Italy live in Milan and Brescia. - Milan Malpensa Airport - In Service - Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport - Terminated Japan While not many Pakistanis live in Japan, many Pakistanis in Western United States and Western Canada use Tokyos PIA service to fly to Pakistan. Hong Kong was also popular, but PIA dropped it...god only knows why! - Tokyo Narita International Airport - In Service Jordan Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Amman Queen Alia International Airport - Terminated Kazakhstan Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Almaty International Airport - Terminated Kenya Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Terminated Kuwait - Kuwait International Airport - In Service Lebanon - Beirut International Airport - Terminated Libya 30,000 Pakistanis live in this country and PIA terminated it! Tripoli International Airport - Terminated Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur International Airport - In Service Maldives Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Malé International Airport - Terminated Myanmar Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Yangon International Airport - Terminated Nepal Nepal-Pakistan relations and trade are good enough, stupid decision. - Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport - Terminated Netherlands 19,400 Pakistanis live in this country and Schiphol is a major European hub - stupid decision! - Amsterdam Schiphol Airport - Terminated Nigeria Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Kano International Airport - Terminated Norway - Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport - In Service Oman Muscat International Airport - In Service Philippines Lack of Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it - Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Terminated Qatar - Doha International Airport - In Service Russia Low Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it. - Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport - Terminated Saudi Arabia PIA should be flying more cities, more than 2 million Pakistanis live in Saudi Arabia! - Dammam King Fahad International Airport - In Service - Jeddah King Abdul Aziz International Airport - In Service - Medina Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport - In Service - Riyadh King Khalid International Airport - In Service Singapore - Singapore Changi Airport - Terminated Spain 70,000 Pakistanis live in this country, mostly in Barcelona. Smart decision. - Barcelona El Prat Airport - In Service Sri Lanka Stupid decision and Sri Lankan Airlines has taken over the route! - Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport - Terminated Switzerland 2415 Pakistanis live here, smart move in the long term. - Geneva International Airport - Terminated - Zurich Airport - Terminated Syria Low Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it! - Damascus International Airport Terminated Tanzania Low Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it! - Dar es Salaam International Airport - Terminated - Kilimanjaro Airport - Terminated Thailand Another stupid decision - Thai Airways has taken over the route now! - Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport - Terminated Turkey 12,000 Pakistanis live here. Stupid decision and Turkish Airlines has now taken over the routes! - Ankara Esenboga International Airport - Terminated - Istanbul Ataturk International Airport - Terminated Turkmenistan Low Pakistani population, made sense to terminate it! Ashgabat Airport - Terminated United Arab Emirates More cities should be serviced to UAE! - Abu Dhabi International Airport - In Service - Al Ain International Airport - Terminated - Dubai International Airport - In Service - Fujairah International Airport - Terminated - Ras al Khaima International Airport - Terminated - Sharjah International Airport - In Service United Kingdom - Birmingham Airport - In Service - Glasgow International Airport - In Service - Leeds/Bradford Leeds Bradford International Airport - In Service - London Heathrow Airport - In Service - London Stansted Airport - Terminated - Manchester Airport - In Service United States Unbelievably stupid decision by PIA to drop US cities; huge Pakistani populations live in these cities! And why PIA does not opt for Newark New Jersey is beyond anyones comprehension! - Chicago OHare International Airport - Terminated - Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Terminated - New York John F. Kennedy International Airport - In Service - Washington Dulles International Airport - Terminated Uzbekistan - Tashkent International Airport - Terminated Yemen - Aden International Airport - Terminated - Sanaa International Airport - Terminated Countries with HUGE Pakistani populations not serviced by PIA Australia (Sydney/Melbourne) - 31,200 Pakistanis Ireland (Dublin) - 22,000 Pakistanis Belgium (Brussels) - 14,500 Pakistanis South Africa (Johannesburg) - 12,000 Pakistanis South Korea (Seoul) - 12,000 Pakistanis
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:25:41 +0000
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