PIA Advertisement  (Abbas Ali Collection)

A classic PIA advertisement from 1966

PIA Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 postcard  (P.K.Chai Collection)

This beautiful 1970s postcard from Chai's excellent collection of postcards shows Fokker F27 in 1970s livery

PIA Timetable  (Abbas Ali Collection)

The cover of this 1962 PIA timetable shows flags (clockwise) of Germany, Pakistan, Lebanon, United Kingdom (UK), Burma, India, Italy, Switzerland, Iran and United States of America (USA). PIA was operating flights for cities in these countries at that time

Karachi-Dacca First Jet Flight First Day Cover  (Abbas Ali Collection)

This old First Day Cover (FDC) issued by Pakistan Posts & Telegraphs shows block of four Pakistani postage stamps celebrating PIA's first jet flight, operated with Boeing 720B, between Karachi and Dacca (now Dhaka) on February 6, 1962. PIA's Boeing 720B turbo-fan jetliner, with a cruising speed of over 610 miles per hour, covered the distance between Karachi and Dacca in two hours and thirty minutes. Also note special pictorial cancellation with date February 6, 1962, on four postage stamps that were overprinted with text reading "First Jet Flight Karachi - Dacca" and silhouette of a Boeing 720B jetliner