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PIA Invites Bids to Wet Lease Narrow Body Aircraft

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Bidding invitation in today's (January 14) newspaper.

Invitation to Bids

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) invites "sealed bids" from interested parties for the wet lease of narrow body aircraft as below:

2 aircraft for lease period from March 15 to May 31, 2014.
4 aircraft for lease period from June 1 to July 31, 2014.
2 aircraft for lease period from August 1 to October 31, 2014.

Seating Configuration: 140 plus seats
Year of Manufacture: 2000 or later
Minimum Guaranteed Block Hours: 275 hours per aircraft per month

Bids received will be opened on February 14, 2014.

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What the hell is wrong with these people!
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Actually as the Chairman said in a function in Karachi that delivery of dry leased A320 aircraft will start from June or July so till that time they will have to extend or tender for wet lease aircraft, that is the reason for different dates also .
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TAC 777 what about the five A-320s which were approved by the Economic Coordination Committee?
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Dear Mr. Taha

Good news are that three dry leased A320s from GECAS, LOIs have been signed and yesterday initial payment of USD 1.8Million has been done. Training of pilots is being planned from March,2014,probably again with Air Lanka. Another advertisement for 10 or may be 20 as stated by the Chairman for dry leased aircraft will be given within seven to ten days. The plan is to train pilots on wet leased aircraft for under supervision flying.
The plan is in three stages. Stage 1 is to immediately have aircraft on wet lease so that revenue gap is closed as much as possible. Stage 2 is to have dry leased aircraft for six years to replace ageing aircraft costing more on fuel and maintenance. Stage three is to book aircraft for 2020 probably A320 NEOs or B737 MAX. Already work is on and strategic business plan is being prepared for next five years.
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Thank you TAC 777. :thumbs_up: Fingers crossed now that all of this materializes!
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Bidding document on PIA website:

http://www.piac.com.pk/cms/tenders/2548 ... 202014.pdf

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Submitted bids for following four Airbus A320 family aircraft for wet lease to PIA from March 15, 2014, to May 31, 2014, were accepted by the airline.

Under the bidding invitation PIA had sought to wet lease two narrow-body aircraft from March 15, 2014, to May 31, 2014. So, apparently PIA will wet lease the two aircraft that got top two positions in bid evaluation report. The top two aircraft are Airbus A320-232 construction number 2016, Airbus A320-214 construction number 3097 and Airbus A320-214 construction number 2758.

Bid Ranking: 1
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Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-232
Construction Number: 2016
Engines: IAE V2527-A5
Year Built: 2003
Last Known Registration: SP-HAD
Last Known Operator: Small Planet Airlines Poland
Evaluated Cost: 26.77 US Dollars Per Block Hour Per Seat

Bid Ranking: 2
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Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-214
Construction Number: 3097
Engines: CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Year Built: 2007
Last Known Registration: OK-MEJ
Last Known Operator: Czech Airlines (CSA)
Evaluated Cost: 28.69 US Dollars Per Block Hour Per Seat

Bid Ranking: 2
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Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-214
Construction Number: 2758
Engines: CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Year Built: 2006
Last Known Registration: OK-LEF
Last Known Operator: HOLIDAYS Czech Airlines
Evaluated Cost: 28.69 US Dollars Per Block Hour Per Seat

Bid Ranking: 3
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Aircraft Type: Airbus A319-112
Construction Number: 3139
Engines: CFMI CFM56-5B6/3
Year Built: 2007
Last Known Registration: LZ-AOA
Last Known Operator: Myanmar Airways International
Evaluated Cost: 34.89 US Dollars Per Block Hour Per Seat

Info Source: piac.com.pk

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HOLIDAYS Czech Airlines Airbus A320-214 registration OK-LEF painted all-white and ferried from Pargue to Dublin via Belgrade before starting lease term with PIA.

Photo on following link shows all-white OK-LEF at East Midlands Airport, UK, on March 1, 2014.

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OK-LEF landing at Dublin Airport on March 3, 2014.

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good to see it long live Pakistan long live pia
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OK-LEF has resumed operating Czech Airlines flights after getting painted all-white.

http://www.libhomeradar.org/databaseque ... 0&limit=30

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Airbus A320-214 registration OK-LEF in all-white paint scheme ferried as Travel Service flight TVS101P from Prague to Karachi today to start its short term wet lease with PIA.

http://libhomeradar.org/databasequery/r ... 0&limit=30

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Airbus A320-214 registration OK-MEJ expected to depart from Prague today for ferry flight to Karachi to start short term wet lease with PIA.

OK-MEJ in recent times has been observed in this colour scheme without Czech Airlines fuselage markings.

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OK-MEJ has departed from Prague as Travel Service ferry flight TVS303P to Karachi.

http://libhomeradar.org/databasequery/r ... 0&limit=30

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