PIA Invites Bids to Acquire Up To Five Wide-body Aircraft on Dry Lease

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The only solution for PIA to become a sustainable business is to be privatized to help take commercial decisions that can benefit the airline and its share holders
Instead of adding losses each year govt should take over the loans and sell PIA along with its properties and assets that will clear out almost 30-50% of the loans stop the bleeding of tax payers money and allow the airline to flourish under new private management
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Re: PIA Invites Bids to Acquire Up To Five Wide-body Aircraft on Dry Lease

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Amaad Lone wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 9:09 am
SAS had filed for bankruptcy and has put up to 5 wide-body aircraft:
With a limited requirement of 5 planes, why introduce two types.

PIA needs 4 planes for around 20 flights to UK and 2 planes for around 10 flights to Europe.

For future North American flights PIA should give cabin upgrades to its 777-200LRs and three 777-300ERs.

For Saudi flights the remaining 200ERs should be converted to all economy.
These are really good recommendations but will never be applied under govt. control
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Bids opening day today i.e. October 3, 2022.
Abbas Ali wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:39 am Bids invitation in August 31 newspaper:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) invites bids for dry lease of up to five wide-body aircraft:

Number of Aircraft: Up to five (5)
Seating Configuration: Around 250 to 320 seats in two class
Delivery Schedule: During 2023
Vintage: 2016 and onwards
Lease Period: 6 years or corresponding to first major check as per MPD whichever is later
In-flight entertainment: In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) enabled & In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) with seat back screens

Last day to submit bids is October 3, 2022.

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Abbas Ali wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:10 am Bids opening day today i.e. October 3, 2022.
Abbas Ali wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:39 am Bids invitation in August 31 newspaper:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) invites bids for dry lease of up to five wide-body aircraft:

Number of Aircraft: Up to five (5)
Seating Configuration: Around 250 to 320 seats in two class
Delivery Schedule: During 2023
Vintage: 2016 and onwards
Lease Period: 6 years or corresponding to first major check as per MPD whichever is later
In-flight entertainment: In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) enabled & In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) with seat back screens

Last day to submit bids is October 3, 2022.

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Opening or closing??
Last day to submit aircraft bids was today now evaluation process will start right??
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Hopefully they'll go for just 1 type of aircraft most probably A330-300 rolls royce engines and maybe build a A330 300 only wide-body fleet going forward with 1 engine type
Unlike 3 engine types for 777s which was a stupid decision

But you can't say anything 777 lobby is strong within PIA
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Usman123 wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:35 pm Hopefully they'll go for just 1 type of aircraft most probably A330-300 rolls royce engines and maybe build a A330 300 only wide-body fleet going forward with 1 engine type
Unlike 3 engine types for 777s which was a stupid decision

But you can't say anything 777 lobby is strong within PIA
PIA only have GE ENGINES on there B777 the only difference is the power output ratings.
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pk-350 wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:36 am
Usman123 wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:35 pm Hopefully they'll go for just 1 type of aircraft most probably A330-300 rolls royce engines and maybe build a A330 300 only wide-body fleet going forward with 1 engine type
Unlike 3 engine types for 777s which was a stupid decision

But you can't say anything 777 lobby is strong within PIA
PIA only have GE ENGINES on there B777 the only difference is the power output ratings.
PIA has 2 different engines from GE. GE90-90 series engines in B777-200ER and GE90-100 series engines in B777-200LR/300ER.
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Today, Aviation Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique at a press briefing held at Lahore Airport informed:

Wide-body aircraft bid offers received did not meet/satisfy PIA requirements. PIA aims to acquire wide-body aircraft in good condition with good passenger cabin seats and In-flight entertainment (IFE) system.

Through tender process, PIA will make another attempt to acquire wide-body aircraft in good condition.

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Three wide-body aircraft with better facilities to join PIA fleet soon, says Aviation Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique.



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Abbas Ali wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:37 pm Three wide-body aircraft with better facilities to join PIA fleet soon, says Aviation Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique.



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Which ATR are they transferring to PK Navy?
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^ Probably a PIA ATR 72.

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Bid opening date was 03 October, and now we are in December and no update happen on Website. PIA matters are really slow.

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PIA engineering developed skills for aircraft engineering and dealt with airline manufacturers and airlines for their engineering issues.. Now Air Force which has a different job as per law, will be dealing with those commercial-oriented aspects of aviation.. Will the customers be willing to engage with Air Force when it takes over PIA engineering?? and will the organization flourish??