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Pakistan International Airlines

flag-carrier airline of Pakistan
Organization airline Q204887
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Summary

Pakistan International Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,716 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Pakistan[3]
  • Airline hub: Jinnah International Airport[4], Allama Iqbal International Airport[5], Islamabad International Airport[6]
  • Item operated: Airbus A310[7], ATR 42-500[8], Boeing 777[9], ATR 72-500[10], Airbus A320 family[11], Boeing 720[12]
  • Owned by: Government of Pakistan[13]
  • Headquarters location: Jinnah International Airport[14]
  • Has organizational division: Roosevelt Hotel[15]
  • IATA airline designator: PK[16]
  • ICAO airline designator: PIA[17]
  • Commons category: Pakistan International Airlines[18]
  • Inception: 1955[19]
  • Location of formation: Karachi[20]
  • Parent organization or unit: Aviation Division[21]
  • Significant event: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705[22], PIA Flight 17[23], PIA Flight 740[24], Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404[25], PIA Flight 268[26], Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544[27], PIA Flight 688[28], PIA Flight 631[29]
  • Official website: https://www.piac.com.pk/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pakistan International Airlines[31]
  • Commons gallery: Pakistan International Airlines[32]
  • Official name: Pakistan International Airlines[33], پاکِستان اِنٹَرنیشَنَل ایئر لائنز[34]
  • Legal form: joint-stock company[35]
  • Short name: PIA[36], پی آئی اے[37], पी॰आई॰ए॰[38], ПМАЛ[39]
  • Owner of: The Roosevelt Hotel[40]
  • Merchant Category Code: 3024[41]
  • Airline accounting code: 214[42]
  • Has works in the collection: National Museum of World Cultures[43]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[44]
  • Social media followers: 90,900[45], 92,400[46]

Why It Matters

Pakistan International Airlines has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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.
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  11. [13] ↑ . pakistan.gov.pk. pakistan.gov.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . piac.com.pk. piac.com.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . piac.com.pk. piac.com.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . NMVW-collection website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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