Call me an old cynic but PIA did operate PK775/6 with a 777 but flight planned it to MAN. Maybe the airport hadn't made the necessary changes by that point or maybe they didn't have crews trained to operate from our dodgy runway.
I am aware that it was not PIAs problem re noise but it seemed that this made them look at the 777 knowing the 310s were coming to the end of their useful life. Air Blue still exist but only have A320s. Shaheen only have A330-300s for LH so neither are likely to take up the mantle.
It's sad that we are back to locals travelling to MAN but hopefully the loss of those will be not too bad on the pax growth we have seen over the last few years. I was hoping that after PIA had used LBA with 777 then we may have seen the odd BA one on diversion instead of them over flying us on the way to NCL, a bit like when AF showed BA it was possible with Concorde.
Last edited by HOODED; 21st Apr 2014 at 17:24.