ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan International Airlines ko Itwar ko apna pehla Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner mil gaya, jo kisi bhi Pakistani airline ke bede mein shamil hone wala is qism ka pehla jahaz hai, kyunke nijikaran ke baad yeh qaumi airline apna tawil fasle ki parwazon ka network dobara tameer kar rahi hai.
Kiraye par liya gaya yeh jahaz London se flight PK786 ke taur par pahuncha aur Islamabad International Airport par PIA ke chief executive Aamir Hayat aur un ki team ne us ka istiqbal kiya, PIA ke aik tarjuman ne bataya. Tarjuman ne kaha ke us ki jadeed cabin aur in-flight entertainment system musafiron ko bain-ul-aqwami miyar ke mutabiq zyada aramdeh safar faraham karenge.
Yeh un do 787-9 jahazon mein se pehla hai jo PIA, Norse Atlantic se pichhle maheene elan kiye gaye ACMI muahide ke teht le rahi hai, jis mein Norway ki tawil fasle ki yeh airline jahaz, amla, maintenance aur insurance faraham karti hai. Dreamliners ka maqsad November ke aaghaz se UK aur Pakistan ke darmiyan gunjaish mein izafa karna hai, jo Britain ke kai shehron ko Pakistan se jorein ge.
"Yeh Dreamliners ka pehla set hai jo Pakistani market mein apnaya ja raha hai, aur hamein ummeed hai ke yeh hamare qadardan mehmanon ko khwabon jaisa safar faraham karenge," Hayat ne muahida elan hone par kaha, aur UK ko airline ke liye aik ahem market qarar diya.
December 2025 mein farokht ke baad nijee intizamia ke control sambhalne ke baad se PIA apne fleet, routes aur khidmat ko az sar-e-nau tarteeb de rahi hai. Woh 31 jahaz chalati hai, jin mein Boeing 777s aur Airbus A320s shamil hain. Wazir-e-Khazana Muhammad Aurangzeb ne PIA ke liye US export credit financing talab ki hai taake woh apne 787s khareed sake, aur Pakistan aur UK ne airline ki fori zarooriyat poori karne ke liye Airbus aur Rolls-Royce ke intezamat aur leasing ke options par baat ki hai.
