PIA Invites Bids to Acquire Up to Eight Narrow-body Aircraft on Dry Lease for Six Years

[Abbas Ali]

since PIA never took up AP-BMY could the registration be reused on one of the new A320s?

Yes, registration of not taken up aircraft can be used for another aircraft.

Abbas

[GEnx]

Why PIA never took AP-BMY?

[planefan2003]

AP-BGY looks stunning in the full livery, hopefuly all of PIA’s fleet gets that look. There is nothing wrong with it

[Amaad Lone]

AP-BGY looks stunning in the full livery, hopefuly all of PIA’s fleet gets that look. There is nothing wrong with it

what is so stunning about a livery that is a mixture of the 1970s and 2004 and 2010 liveries all mixed up.

The green and gold stripe from 1970s along with a cramped Pakistan International from the same era.

The flag from 2010.

the large PIA from 2004.

Its pathetic.

[Abbas Ali]

Four Airbus A320s expected to join PIA fleet this year as dry leased aircraft for six years.

1st in July 2021
2nd in August 2021
3rd in October 2021
4th in December 2021

Abbas

[Tuti Fruiti]

It seems that number of aircrafts in fleet of PIA is going to remain same as well as their mechanism of acquisition, i.e., dry lease

[ammad]

Four Airbus A320s expected to join PIA fleet this year as dry leased aircraft for six years.

1st in July 2021
2nd in August 2021
3rd in October 2021
4th in December 2021

Abbas

What are the other two A320's. Two of them are from Ex-Interjet mention earlier, but what are the other two being picked up. any idea?

[Abbas Ali]

July 6 photo of Seraph Aviation Airbus A320 registration OE-IOT ferry flight from Goodyear (USA) to Perpignan (France) via Bangor (USA) & Keflavik (Iceland). It was stored at Goodyear from March 31, 2020, to July 5, 2021.

Aircraft expected to join PIA fleet as dry leased aircraft for six years.


OE-IOT A320-214 by Dan Sprague, on Flickr

Abbas

[planefan2003]

Apparently PIA will replace 2 B777’s with 4 A320s?
Could be AP-BHW and AP-BGL ?

[Abbas Ali]

^ The newer dry leased A320s will replace some of older dry leased A320s in PIA fleet.

Abbas

[Amaad Lone]

Apparently PIA will replace 2 B777’s with 4 A320s?
Could be AP-BHW and AP-BGL ?

Why would PIA replace BGL and BHW, both are owned by PIA.

Obviously the aircraft being replaced are the two dry leased BMG and BMH.

The newer dry leased A320s will replace some of older dry leased A320s in PIA fleet.

Abbas there was a statement by PIA in the press that four A320s will replace two 777s.

[planefan2003]

Any updates on the delivery of these A320s?

[Abbas Ali]

On September 4, Airbus A320 registration OE-IOR performed 3 hours & 30 minutes test flight from & to Perpignan Rivesaltes Airport, France.

Maximum altitude gained by the aircraft was 39,050 feet.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Usman123]

Total how many planes are leased and when are they arriving??

[Abbas Ali]

On September 13, Airbus A320 registration OE-IOR arrived in Cairo, Egypt, from Perpignan Rivesaltes Airport, France.


Source: flightradar24.com

Later, the aircraft departed from Cairo for delivery flight to Karachi.


Source: flightradar24.com

September 1 photos of the aircraft taken at Perpignan Rivesaltes Airport, France.



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