PIA Invites Bids for In-flight Catering Service at Airports of London, Manchester and Birmingham

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Boeing 777 at Manchester Airport

Manchester

PIA invites bids for in-flight catering service at Manchester Airport.

Station: Manchester (MAN)
Number of Meals Per Week: 6,500 (+/-15%)

Number of Flights: 9 weekly with Boeing 777



Bids received to be opened on June 27, 2024.

Abbas

[PK757]

What for?

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Boeing 777s at London Heathrow Airport

London

PIA invites bids for in-flight catering service at London Heathrow Airport.



Station: London Heathrow (LHR)
Number of Meals Per Week: 7,500 (+/-15%)

Number of Flights: 10 weekly with Boeing 777

Bids received to be opened on June 25, 2024.

Birmingham

PIA invites bids for in-flight catering service at Birmingham Airport.



Station: Birmingham (BHX)
Number of Meals Per Week: 2,200 (+/-15%)


Number of Flights: 3 weekly with Boeing 777

Bids received to be opened on June 26, 2024.

Abbas

[Amaad Lone]

If PIA is to operate 22 weekly UK flights then you need around 3-4 777 aircraft for the three destinations

Will PIA have traffic for so many flights, considering lot of people buy their summer tickets way ahead of time.

[Karachi Aviator]

Wondering how PIA will allocate it's 10x Heathrow slots. Islamabad should get the most flights but with BA in the competition too, should PIA do more flights from LHE instead? And it will also be interesting to see if PIA resumes 1x weekly KHI-LHR & 1x weekly SKT-LHR routes too or will all the flights operate from ISB and LHE only.

I think PIA should operate the smaller 200ERs which have lesser seats. PIA will struggle to fill up the 300ERs.

[Abbas Ali]

Tender notice in May 25 newspaper:

PIA invites tenders from in-flight catering service providers having considerable experience in airline catering.

Weekly PIA meal requirement:

Station: London (LHR)
Number of Meals Per Week: 7,500 (+/- 15%)
Last Date of Tender Submission: June 25, 2024

Station: Manchester (MAN)
Number of Meals Per Week: 6,500 (+/- 15%)
Last Date of Tender Submission: June 27, 2024

Station: Birmingham (BHX)
Number of Meals Per Week: 2,200 (+/- 15%)
Last Date of Tender Submission: June 26, 2024



Abbas

[Badar42]

Looking at closing dates for tender and considering how slow everything works ,I think it's safe to say that it'll take at least three months before PIA will be allowed back. Encouraging news nevertheless

[Abbas Ali]

UK Air Safety List Last updated on November 21, 2023

Pakistan

All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Pakistan are banned from operating commercial air services to, from, and within the United Kingdom. Carriers include but are not limited to the following:

Airblue Limited
AirSial
Pakistan International Airlines
SereneAir Private Ltd.
Vision Air International (Private) Ltd.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-air-safety-list