KARACHI: Faced
with shortage of aircraft, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
rolled back flights to Germany, Netherlands and India.
A spokesman for the national flag
carrier said the decision was taken in the wake of a review of flight
operations to find the best way to utilize existing fleet of aircraft,
some of which are already busy with the massive Hajj operation. He
added, “Flights to Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Delhi and Mumbai were also
running below capacity,” The spoke person said, this decision is,
however, temporary and the flights to European destination will resume
after the end of the “lean season in November.” The decision to
discontinue flights has been severely criticized by the airline’s
employees who blame the management for doing irreparable damage to the
state airliner. It will become difficult for the PIA to attract
passengers once they start travelling with other carriers, foresees one
of the airline’s unions. PIA was operating six weekly flights to India
and one each to Frankfurt and Amsterdam. The airline had to deploy two
of its Boeing 777s and as many B-747s for the Hajj flights, which will
run till November 18.Joint Action Committee of PIA’s Employees, which
represents the pilots, says seat booking volume rose in the last six
months and revenue was more than 50 percent on the route of Islamabad to
Frankfurt.
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