PIA commits to Turkish Airlines A330 wet-lease

PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Karachi Int'l) has signed a formal agreement with Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk) for the wet-lease of A330-300 TC-JOM (msn 1499) on a six-month term.


According to the Pakistan Tribune newspaper, Turkish Airlines offered a rate of USD6,000 per block hour compared to the USD8,100 per block hour charged by SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int'l) during the lease of A330-300 4R-RLN (msn 1604). The latter's contract ended last month amid controversy that PIA still owed the Sri Lankans arrears of USD3 million.

As it stands, TC-JOM (msn 1499) is set to commence PIA Premier flights between Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

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