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Pakistan International Airlines

flag-carrier airline of Pakistan
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Pakistan International Airlines

Summary

Pakistan International Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,476 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pakistan International Airlines is in the country of Pakistan[3].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's image is recorded as 158dv - PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 747-200 (M), AP-BAT@LHR,27.10.2001 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg[4].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's instance of is recorded as airline[5].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's airline hub is recorded as Jinnah International Airport[6].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's airline hub is recorded as Allama Iqbal International Airport[7].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's airline hub is recorded as Islamabad International Airport[8].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's item operated is recorded as Airbus A310[9].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's item operated is recorded as ATR 42-500[10].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's item operated is recorded as Boeing 777[11].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's item operated is recorded as ATR 72-500[12].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's item operated is recorded as Airbus A320 family[13].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's item operated is recorded as Boeing 720[14].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's owned by is recorded as Government of Pakistan[15].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's logo image is recorded as PakistanPIA2014Logo.jpg[16].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's headquarters location is recorded as Jinnah International Airport[17].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's has organizational division is recorded as Roosevelt Hotel[18].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145491462[19].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's GND ID is recorded as 6137510-X[20].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's IATA airline designator is recorded as PK[21].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's ICAO airline designator is recorded as PIA[22].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85299354[23].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's Commons category is recorded as Pakistan International Airlines[24].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's callsign of airline is recorded as PAKISTAN[25].
  • +1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pakistan International Airlines[26].
  • Pakistan International Airlines's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bkn5[27].

Body

Founding

+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pakistan International Airlines[26]. Its location of formation is recorded as Karachi[28].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pakistan International Airlines'}[29] and {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'پاکِستان اِنٹَرنیشَنَل ایئر لائنز'}[30]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PIA'}[31], {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'پی آئی اے'}[32], {'lang': 'pnb', 'text': 'پی آئی اے'}[33], {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'पी॰आई॰ए॰'}[34], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ПМАЛ'}[35].

Operations

Pakistan International Airlines's headquarters location is recorded as Jinnah International Airport[17]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Aviation Division[36].

Ownership

Pakistan International Airlines's owned by is recorded as Government of Pakistan[15].

Why It Matters

Pakistan International Airlines ranks in the top 2% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,476 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Pakistan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . pakistan.gov.pk. pakistan.gov.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . pakistan.gov.pk. pakistan.gov.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . piac.com.pk. piac.com.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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