{"id":56231,"date":"2019-10-13T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=56231"},"modified":"2019-10-14T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:24:58","slug":"pia-enables-overhaul-of-boeing-777-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-enables-overhaul-of-boeing-777-in-islamabad.html","title":{"rendered":"PIA enables overhaul of Boeing 777 in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Based on the efforts of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineering department, the national airline has now become equipped to carry out Boeing 777 aircraft maintenance checks in Islamabad, according to a news report. Earlier, this facility had only been \u00a0available in Karachi &#8211; resulting in higher operating costs for the airline.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-international-airports-runway-can-take-a380.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamabad International Airport&#8217;s runway can take A380<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per the report, PIA\u2019s savings are expected to increase as a result of this measure, and its flight schedule will be made more cost-effective for customers.<\/p>\n<p>Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-formally-begins-sialkot-london-flights.html\">PIA<\/a> spokesperson Mashhood Tajwar revealed that the airline had upgraded its facility in Islamabad and could now carry out \u00a0Boeing 777 maintenance checks (\u2018Check A\u2019) without having the aircraft fly all the way to Karachi for the purpose (which, according to some speculation, had formerly been the case).<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-outsource-airport-management-system-reputed-firms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt to outsource airport management system to reputed firms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The official termed this development as a significant achievement &#8211; especially following the recent enhancements made to the technical capability of the Islamabad airport to see to the running of the A320 aircraft. \u00a0He added that PIA\u2019s engineering department in the capital city had performed its first successful \u2018Check A\u2019 on a Boeing 777 aircraft after it had completed 1,000 flying hours.<\/p>\n<p>He informed that the department would now perform these checks regularly with approval from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Based on the efforts of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineering department, the national airline has now become equipped to carry out Boeing 777 aircraft maintenance checks in Islamabad, according to a news report. Earlier, this facility had only been \u00a0available in Karachi &#8211; resulting in higher operating costs for the airline. Read: Islamabad International Airport&#8217;s runway can take A380 As per the report, PIA\u2019s savings are expected to increase as a result of this measure, and its flight schedule will be made more cost-effective for customers. Further, PIA spokesperson Mashhood Tajwar revealed that the airline had upgraded its facility in Islamabad and could now carry out \u00a0Boeing 777 maintenance checks (\u2018Check A\u2019) without having the aircraft fly all the way to Karachi for the purpose (which, according to some speculation, had formerly been the case). Read: Govt to outsource airport management system to reputed firms The official termed this development as a significant achievement &#8211; especially following the recent enhancements made to the technical capability of the Islamabad airport to see to the running of the A320 aircraft. \u00a0He added that PIA\u2019s engineering department in the capital city had performed its first successful \u2018Check A\u2019 on a Boeing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":20507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13401,6357],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-aircraft-overhaul","8":"tag-pia"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PIA enables overhaul of Boeing 777 in Islamabad - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Based on the efforts of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineering department, the national airline has now become equipped to carry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-enables-overhaul-of-boeing-777-in-islamabad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PIA enables overhaul of Boeing 777 in Islamabad - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Based on the efforts of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineering department, the national airline has now become equipped to carry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-enables-overhaul-of-boeing-777-in-islamabad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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