PIA operational fleet status

[Abbas Ali]

PIA ATR 72-500 aircraft registration AP-BKX at Karachi Airport.





Abbas

[Karachi Aviator]

Being prepared for the redelivery process?

[Abbas Ali]

^ PIA ATR 42-500 aircraft registration AP-BKX being prepared for transfer to Pakistan Navy according to information on Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072406092640.

PIA Boeing 777-300ER aircraft registration AP-BHW seen at Karachi Airport. AP-BHW is apparently on the ground at Karachi Airport since March 2020.





Abbas

[Karachi Aviator]

Sad state of these 777s.
Btw, PIA invited a bid to acquire GE-90 engines. What is it for bringing back these 777s or keeping the existing ones operational?

[Hassan777]

Being prepared for the redelivery process?

No, AP-BKX is being transferred to Pakistan Navy.

[Abbas Ali]

Grounded PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BGL) and Boeing 777-300ER (aircraft registration AP-BHW) seen parked at Karachi Airport on April 30, 2023.

AP-BGL on the ground at Karachi Airport since February 2020. AP-BGL built in year 2004 was delivered to PIA on March 22, 2004.

AP-BHW on the ground at Karachi Airport since March 2020. AP-BHW built in year 2007 was delivered to PIA on February 7, 2007.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

PIA fleet status on May 1.

ATR 42-500

Active:

AP-BHH
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bhh

AP-BHI
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bhi

In-active:

AP-BHM
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bhm

ATR 72-500

Active:

AP-BKX
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bkx

In-active:

AP-BKV
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bkv

AP-BKZ
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bkz

Airbus A320

Active:

AP-BLB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blb

AP-BLC
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blc

AP-BLS
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bls

AP-BLU
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blu

AP-BLW
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blw

AP-BMV
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bmv

AP-BMX
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bmx

AP-BMY
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bmy

AP-BOK
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bok

AP-BOL
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bol

AP-BOM
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bom

AP-BON
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bon

In-active:

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

AP-BLT
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blt

AP-BLV
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blv

Boeing 777-200ER

Active:

AP-BGJ
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bgj

AP-BGK
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bgk

AP-BHX
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bhx

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

AP-BMH
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bmh

In-active:

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

Boeing 777-200LR

Active:

AP-BGY
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bgy

AP-BGZ
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bgz

Boeing 777-300ER

Active:

AP-BMS
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bms

In-Active:

AP-BHV
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bhv

AP-BHW
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bhw

AP-BID
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bid

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

On May 1, 2023, PIA ATR 72-500 aircraft registration AP-BKX returned to the skies when it apparently performed a test flight to & from Karachi Airport.

AP-BKX was on the ground at Karachi Airport since August 2022.


Source: flightradar24.com


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Amaad Lone]

Five or six years ago one of the 777-300ER either BHV or BHW had remained grounded for a long time and a lot of money was spent to revive and bring the aircraft back to service. I wonder how much money was spent and obviously it was wasted because a just a couple of years later the aircraft is grounded and I think this time gone for good.

[Abbas Ali]

In the past, PIA Boeing 777s including AP-BHV, AP-BHW and AP-BMH were seen grounded at Karachi Airport before returning to service.


PIA Boeing 777-300ER aircraft registration AP-BHV.


PIA Boeing 777-300ER aircraft registration AP-BHW.


PIA Boeing 777-200ER aircraft registration AP-BMH.

Abbas

[Amaad Lone]

The market value of a 2007 built 777-300ER is around 40 million dollars.

I wonder what would be the repair cost PIA grounded AP-BHW.

The lease rate of a similar 777-300ER is aound 350,000 dollar a month.

[Karachi Aviator]

Pretty sure that just procuring the engines would cost a lot more than that. No wonder PIA invited bids for 'leasing' the engines.

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Boeing 777-300ER aircraft registration AP-BHV expected to return to service soon.



Abbas

[Karachi Aviator]

AP-BLT is permanently grounded and won't fly again, but where is it? BGL, BHW and BID are all seen in their preserved / cannibalised form, but where is BLT? It isn't in the main ispahani hangar for sure. Any pics of BLT?

[faisal-777]

I had impression that AP-BGL was the one in better shape compared to other 772ERs (since it was used back in the days for VIP flights too). What happened that it has been grounded for so long?

I also think there is less interest to bring BHW, BID back to life primarily due to EU ban.