Pia Crisis
The Pakistan International Airlines is suffering from severe financial crisis. It is, in fact, passing through a critical phase because of poor management, lack of maintenance, nepotism, corruption and financial issues. There are complaints of terrible service, long delayed flights, emergency crash landings, cancellation of flights, shortage of planes, unclean toilets that smell from a distance and non-serious attitude of the administration. These issues create frustration among the passengers. They feel fear and life risk while travelling through PIA. The Airlines is at the brink of disaster. It needs exemplary leadership, qualified and merit based staff and technically strong administration to improve its performance and save it from the clutches of the wolves.
PIA has, in all, 39 aircrafts in its fleet comprising of 4 Boeing 777-200 ER, 3 Boeing 777-300 ER, 2 Boeing 777-200 LR, 6 Boeing 737-300, 5 Boeing 747-300, 12 Airbus A310-300 and 7 ATR 42-500. A number of aircrafts have been grounded due to shortage of spare parts or overhauling. These include Boeing 747s, Boisiseing 737s and Airbus A 310. It is generally believed that PIA high-ups are responsible for the inconvenience of the passengers. The whole system needs overhauling.
PIA is facing serious problems. The major problems faced by PIA are increase in oil prices, overstaffing, devaluation of local currency, political interference and its weak financial position since the last decade. PIA has suffered huge loss of more than 64 billion rupees from 2005 to 2008. It has also suffered huge losses in 2009 and 2010 particularly due to increase in the price of the fuel and devaluation of Pakistani rupee. It is, now, just like a white elephant. The bad governance, poor performance and corruption are the major causes of its failure. The Pakistan International Airlines is a big organisation with more than 18000 employees. PIA was known all over the world for its excellent performance and superior quality. That
PIA has, in all, 39 aircrafts in its fleet comprising of 4 Boeing 777-200 ER, 3 Boeing 777-300 ER, 2 Boeing 777-200 LR, 6 Boeing 737-300, 5 Boeing 747-300, 12 Airbus A310-300 and 7 ATR 42-500. A number of aircrafts have been grounded due to shortage of spare parts or overhauling. These include Boeing 747s, Boisiseing 737s and Airbus A 310. It is generally believed that PIA high-ups are responsible for the inconvenience of the passengers. The whole system needs overhauling.
PIA is facing serious problems. The major problems faced by PIA are increase in oil prices, overstaffing, devaluation of local currency, political interference and its weak financial position since the last decade. PIA has suffered huge loss of more than 64 billion rupees from 2005 to 2008. It has also suffered huge losses in 2009 and 2010 particularly due to increase in the price of the fuel and devaluation of Pakistani rupee. It is, now, just like a white elephant. The bad governance, poor performance and corruption are the major causes of its failure. The Pakistan International Airlines is a big organisation with more than 18000 employees. PIA was known all over the world for its excellent performance and superior quality. That