Airlines of Pakistan

The Pakistan aviation industry was started up when Orient Airways merged with Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) to become the national flag carrier of Pakistan called Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). PIA remained the only operator for many years after its creation, but soon private airlines arrived at the scene to compete with the national flag carrier as conditions of the country stabilised.

It was not until the early nineties there was a major growth in the Pakistani aviation market with four new private airlines launching operations. The airline did very well to compete with the well established flag carrier, PIA which was controlled by the government. However, this was not to last as the UN placed economic sanctions on Pakistan and its neighbour, India that caused the airline market to suffer. It caused two of the four airlines to file for bankruptcy and liquidate their assets. The airline industry remained quite stable with PIA developing a strong hold on the international and domestic market for many years. It was not until the early 21st century that the industry started to pick up again that allowed the entry of a new carrier in the market, Airblue which launched operations with new state of the art aircraft. As of August 2007, the aviation market is developing and allowing more services and facilities to be inaugurated as well as the development of a brand new airport to be built for the capital at Fateh Jang.

Current Airlines

* Aircraft Sales and Services Limited (ASSL)
* Airblue
* Pakistan International Airlines
* Shaheen Air International

Cargo Airlines

* AST Pakistan Airways
* Pakistan International Cargo
* Royal Airlines Cargo
* Star Air
* TCS Couriers

Charter Airlines

* Askari Aviation
* AST Pakistan Airways
* Jahangir Siddiqui Charter
* JS Air (Private) Limited
* Pakistan Aviators & Aviation
* Royal Airlines
* Schon Air
* Princely Jets

Future Airlines

* Air Kashmir
* Air Mashriq
* Deewan International Airlines
* Pearl Air
* Pakistan Airways
* Sialkot Airways
* HS Air

Defunct Airlines

* Aero Asia International
* Bhoja Air
* Cresent Air Transport
* Hajvairy Airlines
* Orient Airways
* Pak-Air
* Raji Airlines
* Safe Air

Aircraft Manufacturers

* Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
* Precision Engineering Complex
* Scaled Aviation Industries (Private) Limited

ee also

* Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan
* Civil Aviation Training Institute
* Mobile World Magazine
* Aviaction - Pakistani aviation book series

External links

* [http://www.caapakistan.com.pk Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan]
* [http://www.pakistaniaviation.com Pakistani Aviation]

* [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=131174 SkyscraperCity - Pakistan Aviation News]
* [http://www.dawn.com/2004/05/10/ebr10.htm Dawn article titled "Airline Industry on the Move"]
* [http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=57307 PakTribune article titled "Aviation industry – confronting challenges"]
* [http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/database2/cover/c2002-76.asp Pakistan Economist article titled "Aviation: Sky is not the limit"]
* [http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/database2/cover/c2002-35.asp Pakistan Economist article titled "Aviation Industry - The Crunch]
* [http://www.caapakistan.com.pk/Draft_NAP_2007.htm The Draft of the National Aviation Policy, 2007]
* [http://www.pakakhbar.com/civil/civilavi.html Pakistan Aviation News]