PIA becomes synonymous to delayed flights: 4345 flights delayed in 3 months
Friday, July 6th, 2012 10:20:45 by Fayyaz YaseenPIA becomes synonymous to delayed flights: 4345 flights delayed in 3 months
Islamabad: (Friday, July 06, 2012) In the National Assembly session today, it was informed that in last three months alone that 38 percent of all PIA flights were delayed, which amounts to 4345.
While briefing the session here today on performance of Pakistan International Airlines, Minister for Defence, Syed Naveed Qamar said that the total number of flights in last three months was 12,184, out of which 4,345 were delayed.
Adding up to his remarks, Qamar said that the average percentage of punctuality was 64.3 percent and average percentage of regularity was 95.33 percent.
Amid corruption, mismanagement and several other several reasons, PIA has been on a downward spiral for past man years and the passengers routinely complain of flight delays which last for several hours. Flight delays are not only
experienced on local but also during international flights.
Besides frequent delays, passengers are also suffering from frequent delays in flights and mismanagement of PIA.
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