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Foggy Weather/Poor Vibility Disrupts Flights Operation

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PIA flights operations affected due to fog/poor visibility.

Flights to & from airports of Multan, Faisalabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur and Sukkur are affected.

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December 13:

PIA Airbus A320 registration AP-BLD flight PK294 from Sharjah to Multan landed in Karachi.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk294

PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BMG flight PK740 from Jeddah to Multan landed in Lahore at 9:58 AM. Later, the aircraft departed from Lahore 12:29 PM and landed in Multan at 1:07 PM. Flight PK747 was scheduled to land in Multan at 10:05 AM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bmg

December 14:

PIA Boeing 777-300ER registration AP-BMX flight PK716 from Medina to Multan landed in Lahore at 7:00 AM. Later, the aircraft departed from Lahore at 1:31 PM and landed in Multan at 2:15 PM. Flight PK716 was scheduled to land in Multan at 5:55 AM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk716

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December 15.

PIA Karachi to Lahore flight PK302 to depart at 10:00 AM with a delay of two hours. The flight's usual departure time is 8:00 AM.

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PIA Karachi to Islamabad flight PK368 to depart at 12:30 PM with a delay of two hours & thirty minutes. The flight's usual departure time is 10:00 AM.

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PIA Karachi to Lahore flight PK304 to depart with a delay of one hour & thirty minutes. The flight's usual departure time is 3:00 PM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk304

Passengers advised to contact airline or airport flight inquiry to check flights schedule before reaching the airport. The airline has also requested passengers to provide contact number at the time of booking in order to get revised/adjusted flights schedule updates.

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December 15.

Karachi to Sialkot flight PK396 to depart with a delay of one hour. The flight usually departs at 6:15 PM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk396

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Today, PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BGL flight PK786 from London to Islamabad landed in Lahore at 5:22 AM. Later, the Boeing 777 departed from Lahore at 7:48 AM and landed in Islamabad at 8:22 AM. PK786 was scheduled to land in Islamabad at 5:30 AM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bgl

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Rerouted flight PK 340 KHI-LHE diverted to ISB. Shame that our 320s that form the major chunk of PIAs fleet are just equipped with ILS CAT 1
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December 17 PIA flight timings revised due to fog:

Islamabad to Medina flight PK713 to depart with a delay of two hours.

Medina to Multan flight PK716 to depart with a delay of two hours.

Multan to Medina flight PK715 to depart with a delay of two hours.

Medina to Islamabad flight PK714 to depart with a delay of two hours.

Sialkot to Jeddah flight PK745 to depart with a delay of six hours.

Jeddah to Lahore flight PK760 to depart with a delay of six hours.

Lahore to Jeddah flight PK759 to depart with a delay of two hours & forty minutes.

Passengers requested to get information information about flights schedule before arriving at the airport.

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I don't understand how Lahore is being impacted by the fog as it has ILS CATIII installed? Unless the fog is that dense that it cannot operate even with the equipment installed. I understand aircraft not being compatible etc could cause issues.
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Does ISB have CATIII?
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baberblues wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:34 pm I don't understand how Lahore is being impacted by the fog as it has ILS CATIII installed? Unless the fog is that dense that it cannot operate even with the equipment installed. I understand aircraft not being compatible etc could cause issues.
Lahore was operating under the dense fog last night. Qatar 620,628 TUrkish 714 and even PIA from madinah landed under low and poor visibility. The real issue is the training of pilots to land with ILS catIII. All modern aircrafts now a days can easy managed to land in low visibility.
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baberblues wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:34 pm Does ISB have CATIII?
Yes isb also have CATiii
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Today, PIA Airbus A320 (AP-BLZ) Abu Dhabi to Lahore flight PK264 landed in Islamabad at 3:44 AM. Later, the aircraft departed from Islamabad at 8:35 AM and landed in Lahore at 9:08 AM. PK264 was scheduled to land in Lahore at 4:00 AM.

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baberblues wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:34 pm I don't understand how Lahore is being impacted by the fog as it has ILS CATIII installed?
baberblues wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:34 pm Does ISB have CATIII?
In some cases, the aircraft is not equipped with system/upgraded system to use ILS facility of the airport.

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U-turn in the air made by December 17 PIA Airbus A320 registration AP-BLA Karachi to Faisalabad flight PK342 due to fog in Faisalabad. The A320 departed from Karachi at 11:35 PM on December 17 and returned to Karachi at 1:25 AM on December 18. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Faisalabad at 12:55 AM.

It departed from Karachi today at 12:29 PM as flight PK342 to Faisalabad. The aircraft's late arrival in Faisalabad also delayed departure of flight PK763 from Faisalabad to Jeddah via Karachi by more than twelve hours.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bla

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December 18

Cancelled PIA flights include:

Karachi to Faisalabad flight PK340
Faisalabad to Karachi flight PK341

December 19

Cancelled PIA flights include:

Faisalabad to Dubai PK223
Dubai to Faisalabad PK224

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