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Flag carrier of Pakistan

Pakistan International Airlines,^[a] commonly known as PIA, is the national flag carrier of Pakistan.

With its primary hub at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, the airline also operates from its secondary hubs at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore and Islamabad International Airport.

Founded on 29 October 1946 by Mirza Ahmad Ispahani and Adamjee Haji Dawood as Orient Airways, the airline was initially based in Calcutta, British India, before shifting operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in August 1947.

Orient Airways was nationalised to form the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC).^[4] The new airline commenced international services in 1955 to London, via Cairo and Rome.^[5] In 1964, it became the first non-Communist airline to fly to China.^[6] The airline assisted in the establishment of Emirates in 1985.^[7] In 2004, PIA