List of Pakistan International Airlines destinations

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Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA, is the flag carrier airline of Pakistan. The airline has its head office on the grounds of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. [1] [2] Its main bases are Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.

Pakistan International Airlines was set up on 1 March 1955, after Orient Airways merged with the government's proposed new airline. During the same year the airline opened its first international service, from Karachi to Heathrow Airport via Cairo International Airport and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Fiumicino, Italy, using three newly acquired Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellations. The DC-3s continued operating the domestic services in Pakistan. In May 1956, PIA ordered two further Super Lockheed Constellations of the latest L-1049H version and five Vickers Viscount 815.

List

Country (province)CityAirportNotesRefs
Afghanistan Kabul Kabul International Airport Terminated [3]
Kandahar Kandahar International Airport Terminated [4] [5]
Albania Tirana Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza Terminated
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Terminated [6] [ citation needed ]
Azerbaijan Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport [7]
Bahrain Manama Bahrain International Airport [3]
Bangladesh Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Terminated [3] [8]
Canada Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport [3]
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport [3] [9]
Chengdu Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Terminated [10]
Guangzhou Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Terminated [6] [ citation needed ]
Kashgar Kashgar Airport Terminated [11] [12] [13]
Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminated [6] [ citation needed ]
Ürümqi Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport Terminated [14]
Wuhan Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Terminated [3]
Xi'an Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Terminated [15] [ citation needed ]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Terminated [3] [ citation needed ]
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport Terminated [16]
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport [17]
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Terminated [3] [18] [ citation needed ]
Greece Athens Athens International Airport Terminated [14] [ citation needed ]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Terminated [3] [ citation needed ]
Kai Tak Airport Airport closed
India Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminated [19]
Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Terminated [19]
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminated [20]
Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Terminated [7]
Iran Mashhad Mashhad International Airport Terminated [3]
Tehran Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Terminated [21]
Zahedan Zahedan Airport Terminated [3]
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport Terminated [21]
Najaf Al Najaf International Airport Terminated [22]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Terminated [3] [ citation needed ]
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Terminated [14] [ citation needed ]
Japan Tokyo Narita International Airport Terminated [23] [ citation needed ]
Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport Terminated [16]
Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty International Airport Terminated [7] [ citation needed ]
Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport Terminated
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Codeshare with Kenya Airways [16]
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport [3]
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Manas International Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Terminated [19]
Libya Tripoli Tripoli International Airport Airport closed [19]
Maldives Malé Velana International Airport Terminated [16] [ citation needed ]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport [24]
Myanmar Yangon Yangon International Airport Terminated [4]
Nepal Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport Terminated [3]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminated [3] [18] [ citation needed ]
Nigeria Kano Kano International Airport Terminated [25]
Norway Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Terminated [3]
Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport [3]
Salalah Salalah International Airport Terminated [3]
Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) Mirpur Mirpur AerodromeTerminated [3]
Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad Airport Terminated [16]
Rawalakot Rawalakot Airport Terminated [16]
Pakistan (Balochistan) Dalbandin Dalbandin Airport Terminated [26]
Gwadar New Gwadar International Airport Hub [3]
Gwadar International Airport Airport closed [16]
Jiwani Jiwani Airport Terminated [16]
Khuzdar Khuzdar Airport Terminated [16]
Ormara Ormara Airport Terminated [16]
Panjgur Panjgur Airport Terminated [3]
Pasni Pasni Airport Terminated [16]
Quetta Quetta International Airport Focus city [3]
Sibi Sibi Airport Terminated [16]
Sui Sui Airport Terminated [16]
Turbat Turbat International Airport [3]
Zhob Zhob Airport Terminated [3] [27]
Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gilgit Gilgit Airport [3]
Skardu Skardu International Airport Hub [3]
Pakistan (Islamabad) Islamabad Benazir Bhutto International Airport Airport closed [3]
Islamabad International Airport Hub [3] [28]
Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Abbottabad Abbottabad AirportTerminated [29]
Bannu Bannu Airport Terminated [16]
Chitral Chitral Airport [3]
Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Airport [3]
Kohat Kohat Airport Terminated [16]
Parachinar Parachinar Airport Terminated [3]
Peshawar Bacha Khan International Airport Hub [3]
Saidu Sharif Saidu Sharif Airport Terminated [3]
Tarbela Tarbela Dam Airport Terminated [16]
Pakistan (Punjab) Bahawalpur Bahawalpur Airport [3]
Bhurban Bhurban AerodromeTerminated [29]
Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport [3]
Faisalabad Faisalabad International Airport Focus city [3]
Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport Hub [3]
Mangla Mangla Airport Terminated [3]
Mianwali Mianwali AirportTerminated [16]
Multan Multan International Airport Focus city [3]
Rahim Yar Khan Shaikh Zayed International Airport [3]
Sargodha Sargodha Airbase Terminated [30]
Sialkot Sialkot International Airport Focus city [3]
Pakistan (Sindh) Jacobabad Jacobabad Airbase Terminated [3]
Karachi Jinnah International Airport Hub [3]
Hyderabad Hyderabad Airport Terminated [3]
Mirpur Khas Mirpur Khas AirportTerminated [3]
Mohenjo-daro Moenjodaro Airport Terminated [3]
Nawabshah Nawabshah Airport Terminated [3]
Sehwan Sharif Sehwan Sharif Airport Terminated [3]
Sindhri Sindhri Airport Terminated [16]
Sukkur Sukkur Airport [3]
Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminated [16] [ citation needed ]
Qatar Doha Doha International Airport Airport Closed
Hamad International Airport [3]
Russia Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport Terminated [14] [ citation needed ]
Saudi Arabia Dammam King Fahd International Airport [3]
Dhahran Dhahran International Airport Airport Closed [31]
Gassim Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport [32]
Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport [3]
Medina Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport [3]
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport [3]
Ta'if Ta'if Regional Airport Terminated [33]
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport Terminated [14]
Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Terminated [3] [34] [ citation needed ]
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated [3] [ citation needed ]
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport Terminated [19]
Zürich Zurich Airport Terminated [7] [ citation needed ]
Syria Damascus Damascus International Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminated [21]
Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro International Airport Terminated [35] [36]
Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport Terminated
Suvarnabhumi Airport Terminated [3] [37] [ citation needed ]
Turkey Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport Terminated [38]
Istanbul Atatürk Airport Airport Closed
Istanbul Airport Terminated [3]
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Ashgabat International Airport Terminated [39]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Zayed International Airport [3]
Al Ain Al Ain International Airport [14] [40]
Dubai Dubai International Airport [3]
Fujairah Fujairah International Airport Terminated [41] [42]
Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah International Airport Terminated [43]
Sharjah Sharjah International Airport [3]
United Kingdom Birmingham Birmingham Airport Terminated [3] [ citation needed ]
Glasgow Glasgow Airport Terminated [44] [ citation needed ]
Leeds/Bradford Leeds Bradford Airport Terminated [3]
London Heathrow Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
London Stansted Airport Terminated [45]
Manchester Manchester Airport Resumes 26 October 2025 [46]
United States Chicago Chicago O'Hare International Airport Terminated [14] [ citation needed ]
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminated [14]
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
Washington, D.C. Washington Dulles International Airport Terminated [7]
Uzbekistan Tashkent Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport Terminated
Yemen Aden Aden International Airport Terminated [6]
Sana'a Sana'a International Airport Terminated [47]

Until 1971 PIA also served various places as domestic stations in what was East Pakistan. [19] [48] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the PIA operated a series of chartered flights to and from Australia, South Africa, South Korea, UK and the Middle East among others to transport stranded citizens. [49] [50] [51] On 30 June 2020, the European Air Safety Agency banned PIA from operating in Europe for six months. [52] On 29 November 2024, the European Air Safety Agency permitted PIA to start operating in Europe.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 10 April 2007. p. 61.
  2. ↑ "PIA – Origin Specific Flight Schedule". www.piac.com.pk.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 "PIA – About PIA". www.piac.com.pk.
  4. 1 2 "1958 route map".
  5. ↑ "PIA to Kandahar advertisement".
  6. 1 2 3 4 "1970 route map".
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Destinations list 1998".
  8. ↑ "Pakistan International discontinues Dhaka service in Nov 2018".
  9. ↑ "Pakistan International Airlines resumes flights to Beijing". The International News. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "PIA to start flights between Islamabad and Chengdu from July 6". 29 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kashgar-Islamabad Cargo Direct Flight Opens". 16 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "PIA Starts Cargo Flights Between Islamabad and Kashgar".
  13. ↑ "PIA - Rayyan Air Flights from Islamabad to Kashgar".
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2006 route map".
  15. ↑ "First PIA flight arrives in Xian after six months". 12 June 2022.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "1992 route map".
  17. ↑ "Pakistan International Airlines resumes Islamabad-Paris service in 1Q25". 6 December 2024.
  18. 1 2 "PIA to drop underperforming routes and offices". Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1962 route map".
  20. ↑ "Pakistan International Airlines India service changes from May 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  21. 1 2 3 "1981 route map".
  22. ↑ Asghar, Mohammad (1 November 2021). "PIA starts regular flights to Najaf". Dawn Newspaper .
  23. ↑ "Pakistan International resumes Tokyo service from late-May 2019".
  24. ↑ "International Destinations". Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  25. ↑ "Destinations map 1982".
  26. ↑ "PIA Dalbandin schedule ended on November 17, 2019. Due to often most seats were unoccupied". 17 November 2019.
  27. ↑ "PIA resumed its domestic flights to Zhob". 19 May 2021.
  28. ↑ "Pakistan Int'l Airlines moves int'l hub to Islamabad". Ch-Aviation. 9 August 2019.
  29. 1 2 "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". www.historyofpia.com.
  30. ↑ "PIA Satgodha schedule".
  31. ↑ "1977 reoute map".
  32. ↑ "Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is introducing direct flights to a fifth destination, Burayda, located in northern Saudi Arabia.Route". 18 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  33. ↑ Liu, Jim. "Pakistan International adds Islamabad – Taif route from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  34. ↑ "Pakistan International Cancels Barcelona Service from mid-Feb 2015". Airline Route. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  35. ↑ "Destinations list 1980".
  36. ↑ "PK 1978 routemap".
  37. ↑ "Pakistan International files preliminary Bangkok schedule from Sep 2017".
  38. ↑ "1971 route map".
  39. ↑ "PIA's Central Asian routes". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012.
  40. ↑ PIA starting Al Ain
  41. ↑ "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". www.historyofpia.com.
  42. ↑ "PIA Starts New Flights to Fujairah". arynews.tv. 25 October 2021.
  43. ↑ "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". www.historyofpia.com.
  44. ↑ "PIA to resume Europe flights from January 10". dawn.com. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  45. ↑ "Advertisement for Stansted launch".
  46. ↑ "PIA Tentatively Moves Islamabad – Manchester Resumption to Late-Oct 2025". AeroRoutes. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  47. ↑ "Destinations list 1993".
  48. ↑ "History of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines". historyofpia.com.
  49. ↑ Ali, Waqar (22 April 2020). "More than 600 Pakistanis in Australia want to return home but only one flight available". SBS News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  50. ↑ "LIVE: Sindh govt indecisive on sealing 11 UCs in Karachi as national COVID-19 tally crosses 5,000". The Express Tribune. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020. A special PIA flight left for South Africa with 300 passengers on board.
  51. ↑ "PIA special flight departs for Australia". ARY News. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  52. ↑ "E.U. Bans PIA from Airspace for Six Months". 30 June 2020.
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