About 37 foreign airlines are providing services in Pakistan.
Arif Habib Consortium has won the purchase of Pakistan’s national airline. Many Pakistani companies from different sectors had shown interest in buying it, but businessman Arif Habib’s company bid Rs 135 billion (Pakistani) to buy it. In this way, Arif Habib’s ownership rights on Pakistan International Airlines have now been sealed.
Interestingly, Arif Habib’s family originally hails from Junagadh in Gujarat, which reached Pakistan during the partition period and reached heights in the business world. Now the command of Pakistan’s government airlines will be in the hands of Arif Habib.
Amidst the privatization of Pakistan International Airlines, the country’s private airlines have also come into limelight. Know how many private airlines are there in Pakistan, how many foreign companies are providing services here.
Privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is being discussed all over the world.
How many private airlines in Pakistan?
According to the website related to airline tickets in Pakistan, there are 4 private airlines in the country. This includes Airblue, Aircial, Serenaair and Fly Jinnah Airlines. Air Blue is counted among the domestic airlines of Pakistan. Compared to other airlines, SerenaAir is new. It provides air services for domestic and international routes. Pakistan Airlines also provides air services for domestic and international routes. At the same time, Fly Jinnah is known as one of the airlines providing cheap air travel in Pakistan. It provides air travel at domestic level.
Fly Jinnah Airlines is known as one of the low cost airlines in Pakistan.
How many foreign airlines?
According to flight database, about 37 foreign airlines are providing services in Pakistan. These airlines mostly fly to the Middle East, Gulf countries and Asian countries. The list of foreign airlines in Pakistan includes Emirates, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai, Air Arabia, and many Chinese airlines.
There are also more than 15 registered operators in Pakistan that provide charters and cargo services.
How many charters-cargo operators?
Apart from government and private airlines, there are more than 15 registered operators in Pakistan which provide charters and cargo services. This includes Pricilli Jets, Ascari Aviation and ASSL.
Arif Habib, head of ‘Arif Habib Consortium’, which made the biggest bid for Pakistan International Airlines, says that PIA has seen very good days. This is our national institution. All its employees do their work well and are competent. Today Pakistan has won.
Privatization was attempted earlier also
Now there is talk of privatization of national airlines all over the world. However, this is not the first attempt to privatize Pakistan International Airlines. Last year also a similar attempt was made, but it was not successful. Only one company had bid Rs 10 billion to buy it. At the same time, the government had fixed a price of Rs 85 billion for this.
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