Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has put two Boeing 737-800 aircraft into operation on Friday. According to official details, the two Boeing 737-800 aircraft were obtained by PIA on wet lease from a Turkish operator. PIA claimed that no other airline in Pakistan was currently using this aircraft.
The aircraft have been obtained for a period of three months and two more similar aircraft are expected to join PIA's fleet in the coming weeks, PIA spokesman said.
The decision of acquiring these aircraft was taken in order to meet the immediate shortage of aircraft, which was created due to the grounding of four aged A-310 aircraft at the end of last year. The narrow-body aircraft have a capacity of carrying 189 passengers in all-economy configuration.
The two aircraft has operated six flights on Thursday which included PK-316 (Karachi-Lahore), PK-317 (Lahore-Karachi), PK-306 (Karachi-Lahore), PK-307 (Lahore-Karachi), PK-380 (Karachi-Multan-Islamabad) and PK-319 (Islamabad-Karachi).
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