PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14

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Today, Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery departed from Manchester at 10:44 AM as chartered flight 5M702 to Islamabad with PIA passengers.

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April 5 Islamabad to London PIA flight with chartered aircraft is cancelled. The flight 5M703 was scheduled to depart from London at 6:00 PM.

Maybe permission for London flight not granted by UK authorities?

News reports some weeks ago claimed that PIA was allowed only to operate flights between Islamabad and Manchester with chartered aircraft by UK authorities.

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On April 4, Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery arrived in Islamabad at 10:01 PM as chartered flight 5M702 from Manchester with PIA passengers.

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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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Today, Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery departed from Islamabad at 3:59 AM as chartered flight HC701 to Manchester with PIA passengers.

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Today, Hi Fly Airbus A340-300 (aircraft registration CS-TQZ) arrived in Islamabad at 4:44 AM as ferry flight from Beja (Portugal). The A340 is expected to perform chartered flight from Islamabad to UK.

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Today, Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery departed from Manchester at 1:12 PM as chartered flight 5M702 to Islamabad with PIA passengers.

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Today, Icelandair Boeing 767-300ER (aircraft registration TF-ISO) arrived in Islamabad at 12:20 PM as ferry flight FI1040 from Keflavik International Airport - Iceland.

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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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Today, chartered Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery departed from Islamabad at 4:02 AM as flight HC701 to Manchester with PIA passengers.

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Today, chartered Icelandair Boeing 767-300ER (aircraft registration TF-ISO) departed from Islamabad at 5:50 AM as flight FI1041 to Manchester with PIA passengers.

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Today, chartered Hi Fly Airbus A340-300 (aircraft registration CS-TQZ) departed from Islamabad at 6:10 AM as flight 5K703 to London with PIA passengers.

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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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On April 7, 2021, Imran Akram (forum member Blackbird) travelled from Islamabad to Manchester.

The flight HFM-701 was performed by Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery with name "CASAMANCE" chartered by PIA.

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Trip report shared by Imran:

I flew from ISB to MAN on 7th April 2021 on HFM-701. Aircraft was A-330neo reg number 9H-SZN in Air Senegal livery. My original booking was for 9th April which PIA changed to 7th in order to allow the passengers to enter UK before Pakistan is red listed.

Reached Islamabad airport at midnight. Very long queues to enter the airport as there were several flights leaving. 3 flights for MAN i.e. Virgin flight, my flight and an extra PIA flight. There was also extra PIA flight to LHR. The 2 extra flights were delayed to 6am due to "operational reasons".

All flights were completely full as people were trying to depart Pakistan before the Friday deadline. I hired a fast-track assistant who managed to get me checked in within 20 minutes. I had executive economy ticket so proceeded to the CIP lounge. The lounge was absolutely jam-packed with no available seats. Apparently several passengers had been upgraded to exec economy to accommodate more economy passengers on this flight.

Boarding was on time. Crew was Portuguese. Push back was at 0348 and take off at 0402 am. Flight lasted 8 hours 5 min. Business class layout was 1-2-1. Despite this the seats were less roomy and less comfortable than those on Hi Fly Airbus A330neo registration CS-TKY on which I flew to ISB 10 days ago. On CS-TKY the configuration was 2-2-2. IFE was good with a selection of around 35 movies. The seat became a fully flat bed which was great. A nice feature was the food tray which was retractable from the front seat and meant it could be pushed back even with food tray on it to enable pax leaving the seat rather than being trapped behind it.

First there was a refreshments and snacks service which I didn't take anything from as it was very early in the morning to eat. About 90 minutes before arrival into MAN we were served breakfast which interestingly had a hot and continental components. In hot menu there was either Western or desi menu. I got omelette, baked beans, vegetables and a kebab. My wife had paratha pieces, gajar halwa and alu bhujia. Quality of food was not as good as I have enjoyed in PIA business class a few years back.

Overall I thought that the business class in CS-TKY was more comfortable than 9H-SZN. Even though IFE only had 20 movies on CS-TKY.

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Today, Hi Fly Airbus A330-900neo (aircraft registration 9H-SZN) wearing Air Senegal livery arrived in Islamabad at 9:52 PM as chartered flight 5M702 from Manchester with PIA passengers.

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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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PIA announces Exclusive Pakistan-UK Charter Flights for airline's Trade Partners

Route: Manchester to Islamabad
Flight Number: PK9702
Date: June 7, 2021

Route: Islamabad to London
Flight Number: PK9785
Date: June 9, 2021

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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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Is Pakistan getting off the Red List???
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Amaad Lone wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:29 pm Is Pakistan getting off the Red List???
No. They review yesterday did not change pakistan's status. There will another review in 3 weeks. Although i hope they change it to amber but it seems unlikely at this point. The variant found in India is spreading fast in UK. Luckily most adults are vaccinated so at present hospitalisations /deaths are apparently low. But it may be bad news for Pakistan if it is transported by people here and it starts spreading there, just like they took the 'UK variant' on their hols.
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i thought maybe chartered flights are starting again means that Pakistan off the red list
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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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Flights from the UK to Pakistan are permitted for exceptional reasons.
Flights from red listed countries including Pakistan can only arrive at certain ports. London Heathrow is one of them however Manchester is not. That is why the Islamabad flight is to London and not Manchester.
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Re: PIA Announces Resumption of UK Flights from August 14 With Alternate Arrangements

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I have no idea where to post this so I guess this forum.

PIA have removed all future flights between Karachi - London Heathrow - Karachi and increase Lahore - London Heathrow - Lahore. The PIA UK schedule once fully up and running should be:

7x ISB - MAN
2x LHE - MAN

6x ISB - LHR
4x LHE - LHR

4x ISB - BHX

And there are suggestions that there may be 1 or 2 more changes 😜

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Do you have a link for the information?
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PIA have removed all future flights between Karachi - London Heathrow - Karachi and increase Lahore - London Heathrow - Lahore. The PIA UK schedule once fully up and running should be:

7x ISB - MAN
2x LHE - MAN

6x ISB - LHR
4x LHE - LHR

4x ISB - BHX

And there are suggestions that there may be 1 or 2 more changes 😜

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"The river is a 100 km away and you have already taken off your underwear"

I think Ankalmand kay lia ishara kafi hai.
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