Four Airbus A320 Aircraft Due to Join PIA Fleet

[rvlhassan]

As Ex-MEA aircraft, are these aircraft expected to be fitted with the recaro recliner Business seats MEA had, and IFE capability, or have these been removed or will be removed in house?

Thanks

[Usman123]

It completing its delivery flight via Sharjah

[Abbas Ali]

Today, Airbus A320 under Austrian registration OE-IPD arrived in Sharjah, UAE, from Sofia, Bulgaria. Flight completed in 4 hours & 58 minutes.

It's expected to join PIA fleet under Pakistani registration AP-BOM.


Source: radarbox.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Four Airbus A320s offered by GECAS due to join PIA fleet as dry leased aircraft.

T7-MRB AIRBUS TOULOUSE A320-214 A320 c/n 5152 → MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES / MEA // BJ 2012 // auch F-OMRB → T7-MRB // neu OE-IPB // by Markus Eigenheer, on Flickr

Registration: AP-BMV
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-200
Construction Number: 5152
Year Built: 2012
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Last Known Operator: MEA
Last Known Registration: T7-MRB (currently OE-IPB)
Offered by: GECAS

T7-MRA AIRBUS A320-214 A320 c/n 5162 → MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES / MEA // BJ 2012 // auch F-OMRA → T7-MRA // neu OE-IPC // by Markus Eigenheer, on Flickr

Registration: AP-BMY
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-200
Construction Number: 5162
Year Built: 2012
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Last Known Operator: MEA
Last Known Registration: T7-MRA (currently OE-IPC)
Offered by: GECAS

T7-MRC AIRBUS TOULOUSE A320-214 A320 c/n 5253 → MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES / MEA // BJ 2012 // auch F-ORMC → T7-MRC // neu OE-IPD // by Markus Eigenheer, on Flickr

Registration: AP-BOM
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-200
Construction Number: 5253
Year Built: 2012
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Last Known Operator: MEA
Last Known Registration: T7-MRC (currently OE-IPD)
Offered by: GECAS

T7-MRD AIRBUS TOULOUSE A320-214 A320 c/n 5746 → MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES / MEA // BJ 2013 > SKYTEAM // auch F-OMRD > T7-MRD // neu OE-ITV // by Markus Eigenheer, on Flickr

Registration: AP-BON
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-200
Construction Number: 5746
Year Built: 2013
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Last Known Operator: MEA
Last Known Registration: T7-MRD (currently OE-ITV)
Offered by: GECAS

Abbas

[Jamshed]

T7-MRD AIRBUS TOULOUSE A320-214 A320 c/n 5746 → MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES / MEA // BJ 2013 > SKYTEAM // auch F-OMRD > T7-MRD // neu OE-ITV // by Markus Eigenheer, on Flickr

Registration: AP-BON?
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-200
Construction Number: 5746
Year Built: 2013
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Last Known Operator: MEA
Last Known Registration: T7-MRD (currently OE-ITV)
Offered by: GECAS

Abbas

As per latest info, AP-BON expected to join PIA fleet in the running week.

[Abbas Ali]

On April 28, Airbus A320 registered in Pakistan as AP-BON arrived at Islamabad International Airport to join PIA fleet as a dry leased aircraft.





Thank you Uzair for sharing photos!

The A320 arrived in Islamabad as ferry flight PK6182 from Sharjah. It departed from Sharjah at 6:39 PM and arrived in Islamabad at 10:13 PM.


Source: radarbox.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

[planefan2003]

At least they installed new seats.

[Amaad Lone]

Nicely painted, and now will be replaced by the shitting paint job PIA does on its aircraft.

I hope its the euro white instead of the mish mash of the 1980s to 2004 livery.

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BON at Islamabad International Airport on May 4, 2022 - Photo by Uzair Ansari.

Abbas

[jam2k94]

It's 2013 built aircraft. How this imported minster said it 4 year old only.

[Abbas Ali]

Source: radarbox.com

Today, Airbus A320 construction number 5152 built in 2012 ferried from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Sharjah, UAE, under Austrian registration OE-IPB.

It's expected to join PIA fleet as a dry leased aircraft under Pakistani registration AP-BMV.

T7-MRB AIRBUS TOULOUSE A320-214 A320 c/n 5152 → MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES / MEA // BJ 2012 // auch F-OMRB → T7-MRB // neu OE-IPB // by Markus Eigenheer, on Flickr

Registration: AP-BMV
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-200
Construction Number: 5152
Year Built: 2012
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Last Known Operator: MEA
Last Known Registration: T7-MRB (currently OE-IPB)
Offered by: GECAS

Abbas

[NL]

Never seizes to amaze how they cannot be bothered with having the aircraft painted in the airline's livery prior to delivery, despite lacking the facilities to do a proper paintjob of their own.

[Abbas Ali]

On May 22, Airbus A320 under Austrian registration OE-IPD performed test flight from & to Sharjah, UAE. Flight completed in 1 hour & 51 minutes

It's expected to join PIA fleet under Pakistani registration AP-BOM.


Source: radarbox.com

Abbas

[ammad]

Never seizes to amaze how they cannot be bothered with having the aircraft painted in the airline's livery prior to delivery, despite lacking the facilities to do a proper paintjob of their own.

Since this Aircraft is not coming from Everett Factory, so the responsibility of painting is on the shoulder of lessee, PIA being in feeble financial health can't opt for painting at some where else. Hence only option is to paint it by themselves..