Tupolev Tu-154M Poster  (Copyright © Paramonnik Max)

This beautiful poster designed by Russian aviation artist Paramonnik Max shows PIA Tu-154M with registration number 85711 and the inset image shows the same aircraft at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan. PIA acquired four Tu-154s, including 85711, on lease from Uzbekistan Airways in late 1996 and used them for 'Hajj' operations, domestic flights in Pakistan and also for regional flights to Uzbekistan in Central Asia. These four Tu-154s were contracted to be leased until 2001 but, for some technical reasons, lease contract was cancelled and all four aircraft were returned to Uzbekistan Airways during summer of 1997s