PIA (Pakistan International Airlines)

PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) Mirza Ahmad Ispahani and Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood pooled in initial capital and on 23 October 1946 registered an airline called “Orient Airways” in Calcutta.

In 1946 Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah realised the need for an airline network for the forming country and called upon the help of an industrialist Mirza Ahmad Ispahani to develop a flag carrier for the nation. After independence in 1947, Government of Pakistan deceived in 1951 that it needed a national flag carrier airline, and accordingly established 'Pakistan International Airlines', or 'PI

A' for short. The Government of Pakistan proposed that "Orient Airways" [or "Orient Skyliner"] merge into a new national airline. On 11 March 1955, Orient Airways merged with the government's proposed airline, becoming 'Pakistan International Airlines Corporation'.

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Jinnah International Airport
Karachi
72500

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+(92-21) 111-786-786

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