PIA to repaint & refurbish retired Boeing 720Bs

[PakN'US]

Let's forget about retro or current livery schemes for a moment. I think the following link will give PIA admninistration some very good examples as to how to paint these lovely birds. After all up until now, the airlines has been run likee on of these..........

http://www.writehess.com/Pakistan/pakistan/trans.html

[Moin]

That absolutely hideous 'eyesore' aka EK A380 was removed from the Jahangir Kothar Parade area as the CDG decided to beautify the area, and that ugly structure was anything but.

[ConnieMan]

It would be nice to see how both of these aircrafts are getting painted as, wondering if anyone in Karachi and Lahore could swing by in there spare time and get few pictures so we all can see them in present stages or repainting.....

[Abbas Ali]

Here's a recent photo from PIA Planetarium, Lahore, sent by Arfan Fida.

AP-AXL being painted in PIA’s current livery – Copyright Arfan Fida

[ConnieMan]

Thanks Abbas bahi and Arfan for this picture, Honestly this livery looks crap on these beauties, new livery just dosen't suit these planes...is there anyone who could stop this decision and turn it into painting these into 70's Retro or 80's Green and gold livery!....Otherthing i am wondering from this picture is howcome they haven't sanded the tail fin as yet, its same color as rest of aft fuselage , Green looks great on this tail..

[Moin]

Like I said, they want to give this new image to the a/c. They don't understand this retro concept, and neither would the general public.

[Abbas Ali]

Here's latest photo of AP-AXL from PIA Planetarium, Lahore, sent by Arfan Fida.

As seen in the photo, the Boeing 720B has received green band on fuselage and mobile stairway is also painted in current PIA livery. The aircraft is waiting to get PIA titles on fuselage and change in tail colour scheme - Photo Copyright Arfan Fida

[VirtualPIA]

Gee! For a second I thought PIA were going to refurbish them to make them airworthy

I am still thinking that......

new livery looks awful by the way......(on the 707).....

[samee380]

i like it though the green stripe is too thin

but looks nice

[Lufthansa Cargo]

hmm not bad but whats next? The sleeper seats?? LOL

[global-pia]

Here's a latest shot of the PIA Planetarium in Karachi. Also painted in similar fashion to the one in LHE:

[VC10]

Assalam-o Aleikum
At the risk of offending all and sundry, I think the ''Garden of the Mughal" will look quite nice, but I agree they should have been repainted in their delivery colour shemes.

[PK777]

I agree with Samee, the stripe is way to thin compared to the current livery! They should obviously paint the Sindh tail on the aircraft in Karachi and Punjab one in Lahore would make sense.

[AP-BGL]

I agree with Samee, the stripe is way to thin compared to the current livery! They should obviously paint the Sindh tail on the aircraft in Karachi and Punjab one in Lahore would make sense.

Someone here on the forum said its not the paint but the stickers which are given to the aircraft’s tails as regional tail colors. See all the aircraft has been painted in newer colors where as the tail is left unpainted. I think they possibly will be planning to give those new tail color stickers to these aircrafts too.

[Abbas Ali]

Here's the latest photo of AP-AXL sporting Punjab Province motif on tail (read about PIA Province tails here).

Thanks to Arfan Fida for the photo.

PIA's retired Boeing 720-047B (registration AP-AXL) at PIA Planetarium, Lahore - Copyright Arfan Fida