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Pakistan leases 2 Boeing aircraft from Turkish operator

Pakistan International Airlines acquires 2 Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Pegasus Airlines

Ekip  | 20.01.2017 - Update : 20.01.2017
Pakistan leases 2 Boeing aircraft from Turkish operator

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By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan

Pakistan’s national flag carrier has inducted two Boeing 737-800 aircraft obtained on wet lease from a Turkish operator, an airline spokesman announced on Friday.

In a statement, PIA spokesman Danyal Hussein said Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) acquired the passenger planes earlier this week from Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines, which will provide two more aircraft on a later date.

The decision to acquire the aircraft had been taken to meet the immediate shortage of planes, which was created after the grounding of four A-310 aircraft at the end of last year, Hussein said.

In December 2016, the A-310 aircraft were grounded following the crash of one such plane in northeastern Pakistan that killed all 48 passengers and crew, including the country's famous singer-turned-preacher, Junaid Jamshed.

The narrow-body 737-800 aircraft have a capacity to carry 189 passengers in an all-economy configuration, the PIA spokesman said, adding the aircraft had been used in six domestic flights on Friday.

The PIA is reportedly facing a severe shortage of aircraft amid numerous complaints of internal mismanagement.

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