PIA ad in today’s (March 24, 2006) newspaper:
PIA now flies you to Athens - newspaper ad
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The PIA flight currently goes:
Karachi-Lahore-Milan-Athens-Lahore-Karachi
Karachi-Islamabad-Milan-Athens-Islamabad-Karachi
The Athens trip is not feasible on PIA, making it a 14 hours flight from Karachi, a trip that should be around 7 hours long.
The flights should be routed:
Karachi-Athens-Milan-Athens-Karachi
Lahore-Athens-Milan-Athens-Lahore
I don't see anyone traveling from Karachi to Athens, considering PIA would be marketing two flights a week from there.
If PIA will willing to link Rome with only Lahore, then why bother with orginating the Milan flight from Karachi???
Currently both the Rome flights orginate from Lahore.
Lahore-Paris-Rome-Lahore
PIA should try to make every destination attractive, and at the momment Athens does not sound like a good idea.
Karachi-Lahore-Milan-Athens-Lahore-Karachi
Karachi-Islamabad-Milan-Athens-Islamabad-Karachi
The Athens trip is not feasible on PIA, making it a 14 hours flight from Karachi, a trip that should be around 7 hours long.
The flights should be routed:
Karachi-Athens-Milan-Athens-Karachi
Lahore-Athens-Milan-Athens-Lahore
I don't see anyone traveling from Karachi to Athens, considering PIA would be marketing two flights a week from there.
If PIA will willing to link Rome with only Lahore, then why bother with orginating the Milan flight from Karachi???
Currently both the Rome flights orginate from Lahore.
Lahore-Paris-Rome-Lahore
PIA should try to make every destination attractive, and at the momment Athens does not sound like a good idea.
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precisely...thats why it has always been plagued with becoming an offline station months after it was relaunched as an online destination.PIA should try to make every destination attractive, and at the momment Athens does not sound like a good idea.
ATH shouldnt be served period...whats the Pak population there to justify a service?
PIA would be better off interlining with a EU carrier via FRA to ATH or even Olympic via DXB rather than bleed cash flying there.
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Athens via Milan? Are they nuts! Just look at the routing:
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