PIA Flights To & From Kuala Lumpur To Use Chinese Airspace

Discuss issues and news related to PIA, Pakistani airlines and Pakistan's civil & military aviation.
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

PIA Flights To & From Kuala Lumpur To Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

Apparently, April 27 PIA Boeing 777 Lahore to Kuala Lumpur flight PK898 going to use Chinese airspace instead of Indian airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

PIA flights to & from Kuala Lumpur were the only ones on airline's route network that used Indian airspace.

Islamabad to Kuala Lumpur Boeing 777 flight PK894 every Monday & Thursday.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk894

Kuala Lumpur to Islamabad Boeing 777 flight PK895 every Monday & Thursday.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk895

Lahore to Kuala Lumpur Boeing 777 flight PK898 every Sunday.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk898

Kuala Lumpur to Lahore Boeing 777 flight PK899 every Sunday.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk899

Indian air space used by April 20 PIA Boeing 777 Lahore to Kuala Lumpur flight PK898.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Last edited by Abbas Ali on Sun Apr 27, 2025 1:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic title edited.
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flight to Kuala Lumpur to Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

April 27 PIA Boeing 777-200LR (aircraft registration AP-BGY) Lahore to Kuala Lumpur flight PK898 enters Chinese airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flight to Kuala Lumpur to Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

On April 27 PIA Boeing 777-200LR (aircraft registration AP-BGY) as flight PK898 departed from Lahore at 1:21 AM and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 12:45 PM. Lahore to Kuala Lumpur flight completed in 8 hours 25 minutes using Chinese airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

For comparison:

On April 20 PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BHX) as flight PK898 departed from Lahore at 2:03 AM and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 10:15 AM. Lahore to Kuala Lumpur flight completed in 5 hours 12 minutes using Indian airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flight to Kuala Lumpur to Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

On April 27, PIA Boeing 777-200LR (aircraft registration AP-BGY) as flight PK899 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 4:18 PM and arrived in Lahore at 10:23 PM. Kuala Lumpur to Lahore flight completed in 9 hours 5 minutes using Chinese airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

For comparison:

On April 20, PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BHX) as flight PK899 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 1:11 PM and arrived in Lahore at 3:26 PM. Kuala Lumpur to Lahore flight completed in 5 hours 15 minutes using Indian airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flight to Kuala Lumpur to Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

On April 27, PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BMH) as flight PK894 to Kuala Lumpur departed from Islamabad at 10:17 PM. Apparently due to longer route through Chines airspace adding around 3 extra hours in flight time, flight schedule revised and the aircraft departed from Islamabad 3 hours before originally scheduled time of 1:20 AM on April 28. Probably this step taken to enable passengers catch their already booked connecting flights after arrival in Kuala Lumpur.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
AP-BGL
Registered Member
Posts: 1976
Joined: Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:08 pm
Location: Islamabad

Re: PIA Flights To & From Kuala Lumpur To Use Chinese Airspace

Post by AP-BGL »

Has India formally closed their airspace for Pakistani aircrafts or its because of the ongoing tensions between the two countries that Pakistani a/c are avoiding Indian airspace?
Adnan
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flights To & From Kuala Lumpur To Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

^ Seems Pakistan itself decided to avoid using Indian airspace.

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flight to Kuala Lumpur to Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

On April 27, PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BMH) as flight PK894 departed from Islamabad at 10:17 PM and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 9:33 AM on April 28. Islamabad to Kuala Lumpur flight completed in 8 hours 16 minutes using Chinese airspace.

The flight was scheduled to leave Islamabad at 1:20 AM and arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 10:30 AM on April 28.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

For comparison:

On April 24, PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BHX) as flight PK894 departed from Islamabad at 1:40 AM and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 10:04 AM. Islamabad to Kuala Lumpur flight completed in 5 hours 24 minutes using Indian airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 54602
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan

Re: PIA Flight to Kuala Lumpur to Use Chinese Airspace

Post by Abbas Ali »

On April 28, PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BMH) as flight PK895 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 1:03 PM and arrived in Islamabad at 6:15 PM. Kuala Lumpur to Islamabad flight completed in 8 hours 12 minutes using Chinese airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

For comparison:

On April 24, PIA Boeing 777-200ER (aircraft registration AP-BHX) as flight PK895 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 1:03 PM and arrived in Islamabad at 3:51 PM. Kuala Lumpur to Islamabad flight completed in 5 hours 47 minutes using Indian airspace.

Image
Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image