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Orient Airways Ltd. (Urdu: اورینٹ ایَیر ویز لمیٹڈ) was an airline established in 1946 with its base in Calcutta, Bengal, British India. The airline shifted operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in 1947, [ 2 ] and was rechristened as Pakistan International Airlines in 1955.
As a result, the new airline, Orient Airways, was registered in Kolkata (then known as Calcutta) on 23 October 1946. [21] Orient became the first and only Muslim-owned airline in the British Raj. [22] [23] In February 1947, the airline bought three Douglas DC-3 aircraft and obtained a licence to fly in May of the same year. [21]
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In 1985, the group made a successful bid for the majority shares of Pakistan Services Limited, which then owned four Inter-Continental Hotels across Pakistan, the hotels were re-branded into Pearl-Continental Hotels. [2] In 1995, Hashoo acquired the US-based corporation Occidental Petroleum's Pakistan operations (now known as Orient Petroleum ...
The PIA maintenance also check other airlines' aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines, Yemenia and Turkish Airlines. In 2007 a Karachi bound 747 for the UK was found by government inspectors to have poor maintenance at Karachi and Islamabad after an engine fell onto a Manchester Airport runway shortly after landing.
The Ispahani Hangar is a Pakistan International Airlines wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was named in honour of Mirza Ahmad Ispahani , the first and longest-serving chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
In 1991, to address succession planning, the Awan brothers divided the business, with Sadiq taking control of the international operations and Khalid managing the domestic services. [1] Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, TCS underwent several management changes, including the departure and later return of Jamil Janjua, who served as CEO before ...
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) is a Hong Kong, China based investment holding company involved in international transportation and logistics, and property investment and property development. [2] It is the parent company of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), one of the world's largest container shipping companies. [3]