List of airlines of Pakistan

Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200

The Pakistan aviation industry was started up when Orient Airways merged with Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) to become the national flag carrier of Pakistan called Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). PIA remained the only operator for many years after its creation, but soon private airlines arrived at the scene to compete with the national flag carrier as conditions of the country stabilised.

It was not early nineties there was a major growth in the Pakistani aviation market with four new private airlines launching operations. The airline did very well to compete with the well established flag carrier, PIA which was controlled by the government. However, this was not to last as the UN placed economic sanctions on Pakistan that caused the airline market to suffer. It caused two of the four airlines to file for bankruptcy and liquidate their assets. The airline industry remained quite stable with PIA developing a strong hold on the international and domestic market for many years. It was not until the early 21st century that the industry started to pick up again that allowed the entry of a new carrier in the market, Airblue which launched operations with new state of the art aircraft. As of August 2007, the aviation market is developing and allowing more services and facilities to be inaugurated as well as the development of a brand new airport to be built for the capital at Fateh Jang.

Current airlines

As of April 2015, there are four active airlines that operate both domestic and international flights from Pakistan.

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs
	Airblue						PA	ABQ	AIRBLUE	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
ASSL		-	ACS	AIRCRAFT SALES	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Air Indus		I6	MPK	AIR INDUS	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Askari Aviation		4K	AAS	AL-AAS	-
Pakistan Aviators & Aviation		-	-	-	Allama Iqbal International Airport (Lahore)
Pakistan International Airlines		PK	PIA	PAKISTAN	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Princely Jets		-	PJP	PRINCELY JETS	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Royal Airlines		R0	RPK	ROYAL PAKISTAN	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Shaheen Air		NL	SAI	SHAHEEN AIR	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Star Air Aviation		6S	URJ	STARAV	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)
Vision Air International		-	VIS	DREAM BIRD	Jinnah International Airport (Karachi)

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Pakistan
• List of airlines
• List of defunct airlines of Asia – included defunct airlines of Pakistan
• Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan
• Civil Aviation Training Institute

External links

• Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan
• Pakistani Aviation
• Dawn article titled Airline Industry on the Move
• World Airlines: Pakistan