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TAILWIND wrote:There was a news report on Geo TV also, highlighting isleali connection in this episode and use of Pakistani aircraft to depict Palestinian freedom fighters as terrorists.
Would be embarrassing for Pakistan if Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is mentioned or thanked for providing aircraft in movie closing credits.

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PIA Airbus A310-300 registration AP-BEQ photographed at Leipzig Halle Airport on December 5, 2016.

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According to the photographer:
For the opening of the ISB-LEJ-JFK route, PIA is providing this A310 to Leipzig Airport. He will be exhibited later in the museum of the airport.
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AP-BEQ approaching Leipzig Halle Airport where she'll spend retired life as a museum exhibit.

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AP-BEQ by equief, on Flickr

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Abbas Ali wrote:
TAILWIND wrote:There was a news report on Geo TV also, highlighting isleali connection in this episode and use of Pakistani aircraft to depict Palestinian freedom fighters as terrorists.
Would be embarrassing for Pakistan if Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is mentioned or thanked for providing aircraft in movie closing credits.

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100% correct. 250K Euro is nothing for the shame PIA will be getting for this stunt.
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Looks like the PIA management considered this A310 as their personal property and made it available for movie shooting in Malta and then sent it to Leipzig Halle Airport for display at some museum without following proper procedures & rules. Were these decisions about the aircraft approved by PIA Board of Directors? Who collected payments for sending the aircraft to Malta on rent for movie shooting and then to Leipzig for museum display?

And, above all, who decided the fate of this aircraft and sent it abroad before the opening & evaluation of bids for its sale in proper & transparent manner?

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Abbas Ali wrote:Looks like the PIA management considered this A310 as their personal property and made it available for movie shooting in Malta and then sent it to Leipzig Halle Airport for display at some museum without following proper procedures & rules. Were these decisions about the aircraft approved by PIA Board of Directors? Who collected payments for sending the aircraft to Malta on rent for movie shooting and then to Leipzig for museum display?

And, above all who decided the fate of this aircraft and sent it abroad before the opening & evaluation of bids for its sale in proper & transparent manner?

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Ummm, I hate to comment, but without these stunts ONE cannot fulfill his dreams, without enough hype, to privatize the airline like scrap and fill his own pockets and above all this happens when you destroy Institutions and appoint family members in them...
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why PIA aircraft at that museum?

Why not in museum in pakistan?
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AP-BEQ seen parked at Leipzig Halle Airport on December 7, 2016.

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Airbus A310-308 "Pakistan International Airlines" PIA (AP-BEQ) on airport Leipzig-Halle [LEJ] by gynti_46, on Flickr

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Abbas Ali wrote: According to the photographer:
For the opening of the ISB-LEJ-JFK route, PIA is providing this A310 to Leipzig Airport. He will be exhibited later in the museum of the airport.
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Could be - I also can only imagine that it will remain at Leipzig Airport because I don't know any Aviation Museum near Leipzig.
The two larger Aviation Museums in Germany I remember are in Sinsheim (where a Concorde stands) and in Speyer (where a LH 747 stands)

By the way here is a Video of AP-BEQ Landing at LEJ

https://youtu.be/agMHHfPmuIg
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AP-BEQ at Leipzig Halle

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PIA A310-300 | AP-BEQ | Leipzig Halle by Shajie Hussain, on Flickr
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AP-BEQ photographed at Leipzig Halle Airport on December 6.

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^ excellent captures, thanks for sharing bnm :thumbs_up:
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Thanks, Raihan sb :)
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Cartoon in today's (December 27) English daily DAWN about participation of PIA Airbus A310-300 (AP-BEQ) in remake of Operation Entebbe movie.

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