ommonly known as PIA or Pakistan International is the national flag carrier airline of Pakistan. It operates scheduled services to 23 domestic destinations and 30 international destinations in 27 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.[7] Its main hubs are Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Secondary hubs include Peshawar, Faisalabad, Quetta, Sialkot and Multan.
PIA has a long history of milestones in aviation, such as being the first Asian airline to operate a jet aircraft and Boeing 737 aircraft;.[8] It today remains by far Pakistan's largest airline with a fleet of more than 25 airplanes and at least 10 more on order.[9][10] Furthermore, PIA was the launch customer to operate the Boeing 777-200LR model. PIA is currently going through a procedure of privatisation to shift management from government to private sector.[11] It employed nearly 19,000 people as of July 2014.[12]