Pakistan International Airlines

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{{Infobox airline
|airline = Pakistan International Airlines
|logo = PIA Official Logo 2014.png
|logo_size = 250
|fleet_size = 34 (+5 on order) <ref>[http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/pakistan-int-airlines-pia Aircraft production lists - Flightradar24]</ref>
|destinations = 59 <small>incl.cargo</small>
|IATA = PK
|ICAO = PIA
|callsign = PAKISTAN
|parent = [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]] ([[Government of Pakistan]])<ref>{{cite web| title=Annual Report 2006 (Part-I)| publisher=Pakistan International Airlines| date=2007-04-03| url=http://www.piac.com.pk/PIA_About/profiles/2006/PIA_Annual_Report_2006-P1.pdf| accessdate=2007-08-14| archive-date=2019-01-06| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106212109/https://www.piac.com.pk/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|company_slogan =
''"We Fly at The Right Attitude"''
|founded = 1946 (as ''[[Orient Airways]]'')
|headquarters = [[Jinnah International Airport]]<br>[[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]
|key_people = <div>
* Capt Junaid Yunus ([[Chief Executive Officer|Managing Director]])</div>
|hubs = [[Jinnah International Airport]] <small>(Karachi)</small>
|secondary_hubs =<div>
* [[Allama Iqbal International Airport]] <small>(Lahore)</small>
* [[Benazir Bhutto International Airport]] <small>(Islamabad and Rawalpindi)</small></div>
|focus_cities =<div>
* [[Faisalabad International Airport]]
* [[Peshawar International Airport]]
* [[Quetta International Airport]]
* [[Sialkot International Airport]]
* [[Multan International Airport]]
* [[Dubai International Airport]]</div>
|frequent_flyer = PIA Awards Plus+
|lounge =
|alliance =
|subsidiaries =<div>
* [[Roosevelt Hotel (New York)|Roosevelt Hotel]]
* Scribe Hotel
* Skyrooms (Private) Limited
* PIA Investments Limited</div>
|website = [http://www.piac.aero www.piac.aero]
}}
Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, more commonly known as '''Pakistan International Airlines''' or PIA ({{lang-ur|'''پی آئی اے'''}} or {{lang|ur|'''پاکستان بینہوا''' '''کا راستہ الاقوامی'''}}), is the flag carrier and national airline of Pakistan.

== Achievements and recognitions ==
* First airline from an Asian country to fly the [[Lockheed Constellation|Super Constellation]].
* First Asian airline to operate a [[jet aircraft]].
* First Asian airline to be granted maintenance approval by the US [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) and the Air Registration Board, predecessor of the British [[Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom|Civil Aviation Authority]] (CAA).
* First non-communist airline to fly to the People's Republic of [[China]], and operate a service between [[Asia]] and [[Europe]] via [[Moscow]].
* First airline in [[Asia]] to induct the new technology [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-300]] aircraft.
* First airline in the world to operate scheduled helicopter services.
* First airline to show in-flight movies on international routes.
* The first airline in [[South Asia]] to introduce auto-ticketing [[facility]].
* The first airline in the [[world]] to fly to [[Tashkent]], capital of the newly [[independent state]] of [[Uzbekistan]].
* First airline in the world to start Air Safari with [[jet aircraft]].
* First Asian airline to start [[flights]] to [[Oslo]], the capital city of [[Norway]].
* First airline in the world to induct the Boeing 777-200LR, the world's longest range [[commercial airliner]].
* First airline in the world to take [[delivery]] of the [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner]] (Longer Range [[Variant]]).
* Pakistan International Airlines Flight Services [[Departmentalization|Department]] was awarded the [[ISO 9001|ISO 9001:2000]] [[certification]] award during May 2006.
* First airline in Pakistan to operate a flight with an all female crew at command and in the cabin.
* First airline in the world to operate the Boeing 777-200ER, 777-200LR and 777-300ER altogether - all the three variants currently available on the market.
* PIA Flight Kitchens in Karachi were awarded the [[HACCP]] Certification. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.piac.com.pk/PIA_About/pr_01feb08.asp |title=PIA's Flight Kitchen Karachi Awarded HACCP Certification |access-date=2008-09-30 |archive-date=2009-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114202845/http://www.piac.com.pk/PIA_About/pr_01feb08.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Crashes==
*[[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740]]
*[[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303]]

== References ==
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==Other websites==
*[https://www.piac.com.pk/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726225316/http://www.piac.com.pk/PIA_About/intnetwork.asp |date=2014-07-26 }}
*{{cite web|url=https://historyofpia.com/firsts.htm|title=Historic Firsts|publisher=History of PIA}}

[[Category:Airlines of Asia]]
[[Category:Karachi]]
[[Category:National symbols of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Transport in Pakistan]]

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