ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan International Airlines ne hawabazi ke shobe se wabasta executive Adrian Hamilton-Manns ko apna chief executive muqarrar kar diya hai. Airline ke board ne Peer ko elan kiya aur is iqdam ko nijkari ke baad apni tabdeeli ka aik "kaleedi baab" qarar diya.
Board ne kaha ke Hamilton-Manns 30 saal se zyada ka tajurba rakhte hain, bataur chief executive teen airlines chala chuke hain aur unhein "tabdeeli aur airlines ko dobara zinda karne ka aik aalami mahir" samjha jata hai.
New Zealand ke is shehri ne 2024 se is saal tak Oman ki low-cost airline SalamAir ki qiyadat ki. Is se pehle woh 2020 se 2024 tak Kazakhstan ke Air Astana Group ki budget airline FlyArystan ke president aur chief executive rahe, aur 2012 se 2016 tak Africa par markooz flyafrica.com ke bani chief executive thay.
Unhon ne apne career ka aaghaz 1997 mein Air New Zealand se kiya aur India ki IndiGo, South African Airways, Virgin Australia ki Pacific Blue aur Indonesia ki Mandala Airlines samet kai airlines mein senior ohdon par kaam kiya hai. Un ke zyada tar aala ohde low-cost carriers mein rahe hain, jabke PIA aik full-service airline hai.
Unhon ne Peer ko Air Vice Marshal Aamir Hayat se charge sambhala, jinhon ne saarhe chaar saal PIA ki qiyadat ki aur Itwar ko Islamabad mein airline ka pehla Boeing 787 Dreamliner wasool kiya. "Hum aik intihai pecheeda aboori daur mein qaumi parcham bardar airline ke liye AVM Aamir Hayat ki sabit qadmi ke behad shukar guzar hain," PIA board ke chairman ne kaha.
Arif Habib Corporation ki qiyadat mein consortium ne airline ki farokht ke baad 29 June ko PIA ka intizam sambhal liya. Tab se woh fleet, routes aur services ko nae sire se tarteeb de raha hai aur long-haul network dobara tameer karna shuru kar raha hai.
