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History of PIA - Pakistan International Airlines

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Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan

Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan  (Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan Family Collection)

Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan (3rd from left) and other officials of PIA ready to board airline's Boeing 707-321 (registration N723PA - leased from Pan American World Airways). They were going to the United States to accept the delivery of a PIA Boeing 720B jetliner


Capt. Abdullah Baig

Capt. Abdullah Baig  (Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan Family Collection)

Arrival of PIA's very first Boeing 720-040B jetliner (registration AP-AMG) at Karachi Airport on January 2, 1962 after a record setting flight from London. The aircraft on its delivery flight under the command of PIA's ace pilot Capt. Abdullah Baig (standing - 3rd from right in the photo) with Capt. Taimur Baig (standing - 5th from right in the photo) as his co-pilot completed London to Karachi flight in 6 hours 43 minutes and 55 seconds, the record which to this day remains unbroken!! Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan (standing - 2nd from right) and Flight Engineer Hassan Mirza (first row - 1st from right) are also seen in the photo



Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan

Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan  (Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan Family Collection)

Photo taken on the occasion of PIA's inaugural flight for Kuwait in 1966. Seen in the photo are commander of the flight Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan (first from left), member of PIA board of directors, Mr. Enver Jamall (fourth from left) and Kuwaiti Consul General. In the background is PIA Boeing 720B jetliner ready for the inaugural flight


Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan

Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan  (Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan Family Collection)

Aboard a PIA Boeing jetliner (from left to right) Capt. Khalid Ahmed, Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan and Flight Engineer Khawaja Naseem Ahmed




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