Pakistan International Airlines
Flag carrier of Pakistan
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| January 25 2025 | PIA commenced a once-a-week flight between Lahore and Kuwait. |
| January 22 2025 | PIA started two weekly flights between Lahore and Dammam. |
| January 21 2025 | PIA introduced a weekly service between Sialkot and Doha, Qatar. |
| January 20 2025 | PIA began offering two weekly flights between Sialkot and Bahrain, and started a weekly flight from Faisalabad to Jeddah. |
| January 10 2025 | PIA resumed flights to Europe with a flight to Paris, but subsequently apologized for an advertisement that was criticized for using imagery reminiscent of the September 11 attacks, leading to a Prime Minister inquiry. |
| January 6 2025 | PIA announced plans to expand its destinations in the Middle East, including deploying Boeing 777 and Airbus A320 aircraft to new routes. |
| January 1 2025 | PIA Flight 503 from Karachi to New Gwadar Airport returned to Karachi after developing a technical fault and was later repaired. |
| November 29 2024 | EASA lifted the EU ban, allowing PIA to resume flights to Europe. |
| September 27 2024 | PIA received Pakistan's first National Tourism Award for Promoting Travel and Tourism at an event organized by Discover Pakistan. Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat, CEO of PIA, personally accepted the award in recognition of the airline's outstanding work in promoting domestic travel. |
| June 4 2024 | The government pre-qualified 6 companies to bid for PIA privatization: Air Blue, Arif Habib Corporation, Blue World City, Fly Jinnah, Pak Ethanol (Pvt) Consortiums, and YB Holdings Consortiums. |
| February 25 2024 | The AAIB publicly released their final report, detailing the primary and contributing causes of the flight accident. |
| February 6 2024 | The Caretaker Cabinet of the interim Government decided to split PIA functions into two entities (TopCo and HoldCo) to make the airline more attractive to investors. |
| December 2023 | Interim government announced plans to privatize Pakistan International Airlines, with the Prime Minister's adviser on Aviation stating that PIA will initially be privatized as a flight entity, with decisions on other properties to be made later. |
| December 2023 | PIA was forced to cancel numerous flights due to unpaid fuel bills, leading to customer frustration and social media outcry. State-owned Pakistan State Oil suspended fueling of PIA aircraft after the airline's request for additional government funding was denied. |
| April 20 2023 | The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) finalized their final report, attributing the accident to the flight crew violating standard operating procedures and ignoring air traffic control instructions. |
| March 8 2023 | PIA completed an online safety audit conducted by EASA. |
| 2021 | PIA conducted a humanitarian mission to Afghanistan, delivering medical supplies via a Boeing 777 aircraft. This was the first such flight since the Taliban took control of the country, with the World Health Organisation noting it was the first of three planned flights to provide critical aid. |
| November 6 2021 | The CAA received positive feedback from Europe's Safety Audit for Foreign-Origin Aircraft (SAFA), marking the first sign of improvement. |
| March 16 2021 | The EU ban was extended to July, and subsequently extended indefinitely due to ongoing safety concerns with the CAA. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, PIA operated chartered flights to transport stranded citizens from Australia, South Africa, South Korea, UK, and the Middle East. |
| 2020 | Phased out ATR 72-500 aircraft, with two placed in storage and one transferred to Pakistan Naval Air Arm. |
| 2020 | PIA operated its first-ever relief flight from Lahore to Melbourne, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| December 2020 | PIA announced a plan to lay off half of its employees and transferred its engineering arm, Precision Engineering Complex (PEC), to the Pakistan Air Force. |
| December 28 2020 | The EU ban on PIA was extended for three more months, requiring an official inspection of the CAA. |
| November 2020 | PIA shut down its courier arm SpeedEx, which had infrastructure across 74 domestic destinations, and laid off 320 employees. |
| November 5 2020 | Civil Aviation Authority declared the aircraft fit for flight until this date. |
| July 18 2020 | PIA dismissed seven pilots and one cabin crew member after their licences were revoked by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). |
| July 9 2020 | Banned by the United Kingdom and the United States after revelations about fraudulent pilot licences. |
| July 9 2020 | PIA was banned from flying to the United States. |
| June 30 2020 | European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) banned PIA from flying into the European Union for six months due to failed safety tests and inadequate safety management system. |
| June 25 2020 | Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) indefinitely grounded 150 of 434 pilots for holding 'either bogus or suspicious licenses'. |
| June 25 2020 | PIA grounded 150 of 434 pilots indefinitely for holding 'either bogus or suspicious licenses'. |
| June 24 2020 | Pakistani aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan revealed that 262 of Pakistan's 860 active, licensed pilots had suspicious or fake licences, with 150 pilots subsequently grounded by PIA and seven pilots' employment terminated. |
| June 24 2020 | A fourteen-page preliminary report was released, which included extracts from the cockpit voice recorder suggesting pilots were engaged in a non-operational conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic during the flight. |
| June 22 2020 | A report was published revealing that both the air traffic controller and flight crew's actions contributed to the crash, with the Captain specifically cited as being 'overconfident'. |
| May 26 2020 | An 11-member Airbus team visited the crash site to assist in the investigation of Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303. |
| May 22 2020 | During the crash, 97 out of 99 people on board were killed, with only two passengers surviving with injuries. Additionally, eight people on the ground were injured, with one later dying from their wounds. |
| May 22 2020 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, an Airbus A320, crashed into Model Colony, a residential area in Karachi, during a second landing approach after a failed first attempt where the landing gear was not extended. |
| May 16 2020 | Pakistan allowed domestic flights to resume after suspension during the COVID-19 pandemic, six days before the crash. |
| May 7 2020 | Aircraft resumed operations after being grounded, and conducted six flights since then. |
| March 22 2020 | Aircraft was grounded due to global COVID-19 pandemic flight cancellations. |
| March 21 2020 | Last routine maintenance check conducted on the aircraft. |
| 2019 | PIA reported a 41% increase in year-on-year revenue due to discontinuing unprofitable routes, reintroducing grounded aircraft, and increasing cargo-space utilization. |
| October 19 2019 | Most comprehensive maintenance check was performed, during which no defects were found in engines, landing gear, or avionics. |
| September 2019 | PIA announced plans to lease additional aircraft to increase its fleet to 37 by 2020 and 45 by 2023. |
| September 2019 | An audit revealed PIA had operated 46 empty flights and 36 Hajj flights without passengers between 2016 and 2017. |
| August 2019 | PIA laid off 1,000 'redundant employees'. |
| May 2019 | Another CFM International CFM56-5B4/P engine was installed on the aircraft. |
| April 2019 | PIA claimed its revenues almost matched operating costs. |
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