This airline is BANNED in Europe! PIA Pakistan International

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My flight on the banned PIA Pakistan International Airlines!
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@noelphilips 3 года назад

Thank you for watching! Please dont forget to hit subscribe so you never miss a video! FLYING A CHINESE BUILT AIRLINER IN NEPAL! Xian MA60 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5fYrb0JF7eM.html

@thesstwo3237 3 года назад

Could you Please review Biman Bangladesh airlines !

@souvikj6585 3 года назад

How much you got paid for this video. ? When you said that you never saw so many people with their extra hand baggage , that’s just not true cause UIA or China Easter passengers took more than what they taking ..,

@WiseItalian 3 года назад

It's not banned in Europe, I used this Airline once, Islamabad to Paris, the experience was obviously terrible, but it's not banned. You can use it to travel in Italy or Romania as well.

@razaahmed2233 3 года назад

great to see Pakistan seen in a different light, you are right with the right team and investment PIA can go along way

@DrSaima24 3 года назад

Your way accent is so bad

@Jcrescent1 3 года назад

Considering that their latest accident involved an aircraft crashing due to attempting to land without gear, you are one brave man.

@jamesrey3221 3 года назад

And airline pilots with fake certificates.

@aneesaahmed211 3 года назад

Landing gear failed actually

@PhoenixAviation006 3 года назад

and a bunch of fake pilots

@amandeepv 3 года назад

No pilot would fly with them if they could work for a better airline

@MercyMazmida 3 года назад

We know they r way too far though

@lvthud 3 года назад

Oh this is sad, I used to fly them on the ORD-BCN route, same cabin, back then it was actually considered to be one of the better J classes. The food was, well amazing, same choice of 4 curries, but the aunties would pile a plate with rice, then just keep adding curries, once you were done with that plate (if you managed it) another full plate would appear ! You were not getting off the flight hungry. So sad to see how far they have slipped.

@Mirsab 3 года назад

Yup, PIA I believe was one of the best airlines in the world back in the 60s, but like many other things in the country it became victim to corruption. Can blame People's Party and Noon League, 2 political parties that I believe ruined Pakistan in the last ~35 years.

@saadikram5633 Год назад

@@Mirsab wtf😂Bhondo Pti bari patt rhi h

@Anjam_Malik Год назад

Dave this is what happens when the military runs the international carrier ! They have indeed slipped alot - in the early / mid 90s it was on the most profitable airlines!

@JohnSmith-tz8jj 2 года назад

I have flown PIA on a number of occasions and have had some great experiences that I don't think are possible to replicate on any other airline anywhere.... Once on the flight from London to Islamabad my wife had a massive panic attack- the cabin crew tried to help her but failed, this is when the pilot came out and even took my wife to the cockpit to put her mind at ease about how they are flying the plane and that it was all safe. After the plane landed the captain came out once again to speak to my wife and I to wish us well on our ventures in Pakistan. On another flight on the same route, I remember one of the cabin crew looked after (for long periods of time) one of the twin babies of a family who were having a tough time tending to their 4 kids on the plane- something I doubt was in her job description!

@JackWeller 2 года назад

They took your wife to the cockpit?! And this is why they’re banned…

@JohnSmith-tz8jj 2 года назад

@@JackWeller there are plenty of other reasons. I hope there wasn’t a cause and effect relationship here..!

@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN 2 года назад

That’s when your wife hijacked the plane. Give your wife a Valium.🤡

@yep.1106 2 года назад

Personally after them allowing pilots with fake licenses to flyI would massively avoid and glad that the EU and U.K. have continued with the ban 🙂

@pugothing 2 года назад

" Taking to cockpit " very unsafe, definitely not a good idea

@brianbennett5708 3 года назад

Worked doing in flight catering for Amsterdam airport, PIA chef there was brilliant all the boys from the UK had curries every night.

@LUFC-ry7nc 3 года назад

Noel hearing the pilot say,"I'll sacrificed my life for Pakistan

@bonjourimchloe 3 года назад

GRAPE🍇

@navneetverma1000 3 года назад

With a carrot and grape

@infinite2246 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@aamaalasad6245 3 года назад

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@electric7679 3 года назад

Shut up

@YourAverageJoeblogs 3 года назад

PIA is a case of corruption by the politicians. PIA helped start emeriates, qatar and saudia airlines, back in the 60s and 70s PIA was among the best in the world but due to it being nationalised and the politicians giving jobs for votes its gone down hill. I agree with noel some investment and training could lead this airline to be back on top again. Being a British Pakistani living in the middle east i travel among these three destinations regularly. So i have some experience. Also PIA don't fly their best product to Malaysia.

@jackfruitbananas 3 года назад

Market to/fro KUL mainly migrant workers (unskilled/semi-skilled) labour.

@YourAverageJoeblogs 3 года назад

@@jackfruitbananas yes thats true. Also PIA has started to fly to Europe again. Maybe that product will be a lot better. NOEL TRY ISLAMABAD TO MANCHESTER PLEASE!

@beastman.330 3 года назад

ZALDARI and NAWAAZ SHARIF to blame. PIA had the best safety record for many decades.

@YourAverageJoeblogs 3 года назад

@@beastman.330 very true

@thierryhenry2803 3 года назад

Malaysian airlines too had financial difficulty due to too many staff on board, those extra staff also were given jobs by corrupt politicians for vote

@sanctumsanctorum754 3 года назад

At least they feed you! Airlines in America they give you a 2oz bag of peanuts and a 6oz drink that's it,and this is for a 4 hour flight from Indianapolis to Las Vegas

@RWernsing 3 года назад

You're clearly flying a crap airline

@neutralsportsfan17 3 года назад

I'm not taking a flight for food, I'd go to a restaurant for that.

@AR-mg1qi 3 года назад

@@neutralsportsfan17 then on your next flight decline all forms of food and drinks.

@mrnakulbhaii 2 года назад

He had an international flight and not domestic one

@lolwhat36 2 года назад

@@neutralsportsfan17 imagine your on a literal 15 to 18 hour flight and you decline and order no food or drinks, the crew would think your some sort of physco and you would be starving

@Emma-fz9el 2 года назад

I love how the guy openly complained about how much he had been tipped haha

@JoshCahill 3 года назад

An Airline full of Surprises...always :D

@AviationAlex 3 года назад

Josh!

@Gripengamer 3 года назад

ah yes like the pilots forgetting to pull down the gear....

@_TheRock 3 года назад

Ha, good to see two of my favourite RU-vidrs on the same channel.

@felixletellier777 3 года назад

5L I was wondering where I would find an ignorant comment made by a bigoted racist.....and here it is!

@superiorlol 3 года назад

Why do someone risks his life

@bas3q 3 года назад

Noel: D'ya have a beer? F/A: Any chance you had a look at the tail of this aircraft before you boarded?

@NervousHagrid2.0 3 года назад

Explanation?

@bas3q 3 года назад

@@NervousHagrid2.0 Tail has the crescent moon and star of Islam, which prohibits drinking alcohol. Pakistan is a 96% Muslim country. Stands to reason PIA would not serve alcohol.

@NervousHagrid2.0 3 года назад

@@bas3q oh very interesting, thanks for responding and explaining.

@abdullahusman4056 3 года назад

@@bas3q yea but no bcz the star or crescent aren't symbols of Islam, actually Islam has no symbols. The crescent and star were used by the ottomans, not Islam. Although ottomans were the major Muslim superpower for a hell load of time hence people mistake the star and the crescent for islam

@bas3q 3 года назад

@@abdullahusman4056 That is true, I should have been more nuanced in my answer - they are symbols closely associated with many Muslim nations and peoples, not of the faith itself.

@syedbadshah2589 3 года назад

This Airline has established the Emirates, but because of the corruption this is going downwards, but hope for the best.

@mps28 3 года назад

I’m surprised they are even allowed to fly in any airspace with too many fake pilots flying their planes.

@doccu 3 года назад

@@mps28 there are no fake pilots only the gov. Is corrupted

@invoker4960 3 года назад

@@doccu reports said.. PIA suspended those pilots and charged them. Dont you know about it?? They are runnin bldy plane not a bicycle..😂😂

@akashnoorsingh9213 3 года назад

@@invoker4960 true

@doccu 3 года назад

@@invoker4960 allright I was wrong then. How many pilots we're suspened?

@vatsalnaik6046 3 года назад

When the plane is about to land and Noel listens, "Gabhrana nahi hai" 😅

@vatsalnaik6046 3 года назад

@Shivam Bhardwaj 🤣🤣

@nucleargandhi101 3 года назад

Maro mujhe maroo. Ek second. Matlab kya ye mazak chal raha hai?

@syedbadshah2589 3 года назад

Why this is what happen on Air India ??🤔🤔

@rahuldhiman3370 3 года назад

PIA should start reciting Imran Khans "Ghabrana Nahi Hai" and chanting of "Nara E Takdeer, Nara E Takdeer" in place of saftey guidelines. Moreover, Pakistan is so obsessed with Jihads, they will start providing suicide jackets in place of life saving jackets one day. Marna to waose bhi hai, marte marte do char aur ko leke marna niche girke.

@ritushukla9284 3 года назад

😂

@RCT3Crashes100 3 года назад

There's quite a famous video from a few years ago now, of one of PIA's 777s coming in to land at Stansted after some of the passengers began attacking the flight crew en-route to Manchester and attempted to storm the cockpit! Something I didn't know about Stansted until recently is that it's the UK's main destination for long-haul aircraft that have this sort of problem in-flight (including hijackings, passenger unrest, drunken violence, etc.) because the long distance from the terminals to the runway means that people on the ground can be safeguarded if anything goes wrong.

@NervousHagrid2.0 3 года назад

Wow! Really? Quite interesting!

@MancunianMrG 3 года назад

I used to fly with the purser of a BA flight that was hijacked in 1975. As you can see from the following article, the aircraft ended up at Stanstead. The pursers name was Alan Bond, a wonderful guy and sadly no longer with us. He dropped the ventral airstairs at the back of the 1-11, descended with the hijacker behind him, and got bit by a police dog :) The crew were given a cruise on the QE-2 as a thank you. " And in 1975, a British Airways plane was hijacked en route from Manchester to Heathrow airport. The passengers were let out at Heathrow on the understanding that the hijacker would be flown on to Paris. Instead the plane actually landed at Stansted where the hijacker, who used a toy pistol and imitation dynamite to seize the jet, was arrested." news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/633654.stm

@MancunianMrG 3 года назад

@@celebrityrog "It is Britain's officially designated airport dealing with hijacks because the layout of the facility allows planes to stand well away from terminal buildings and other planes in a situation where negotiations may be required." home.bt.com/news/uk-news/why-do-security-scares-and-hijacked-planes-fly-to-stansted-airport-11364217865581

@philyew3617 3 года назад

Err did you sleep through the TV programmes about it being the UK Air Incident diversion airport? It's also regularly featured in numerous newspaper reports. It ls also selected due to being away from the LHR and LGW very busy airspace and, the ability for military jets to bring down the target aircraft, if necessary, away from densly populated areas of London.

@anthonyholroyd5359 3 года назад

Alot of the stuff over scotland gets diverted to Prestwick. I assume because of the nice long runways, and relatively flat surrounding terrain.

@CherylsLyrics 3 года назад

The audio was so much better in this video! Loved it! Thank you

@islamicschoolofmemestudies 3 года назад

Nobody talks about how smooth that landing is.

@faizanwasim5485 3 года назад

I know right? Was just on Pia's 777 300er (Ap-Bms) and they legit smashed the plane in the ground haha xD

@burprobrox9134 3 года назад

Smooth as his noggin

@rounakdas5970 3 года назад

What.. I didn't get it.. Is it not obvious to have a smooth landing.. Enlighten me 😅😅

@mrjaycam18 3 года назад

Because camera stabilization these days makes literally makes a good vs bad landing almost imperceptible these days.

@megawave79 3 года назад

@@mrjaycam18 yep definitely. There’s no way it could be a smooth landing.

@timthompson6194 3 года назад

Noel. .Thanks for your video..As a frequent flier & employee in the airline industry, even before Covid19, but never flown with PIA To be honest there are several scheduled & charter airlines, with leased aircrafts, that have similar discrepencies in & out of their cabins, as the ones you showed in your video!...Many airlines within the travel lndustry are struggling with financial overheads, even since before the pandemic..Several have gone bankrupt, not being able to maintain or invest in newer aircrafts. So PIA can only repair & maintain to meet the challenge that threatens our great travel business industry...Wishing PIA the best in this, by getting back to flying around the world with international style !

@TheLa85 3 года назад

I love that even with the weird things that you seen in this flight you kept being respectful and understanding

@uzmaahmed.catmoon 2 года назад

I agree

@sirmium12 3 года назад

Omg Noel after all those crazy stories you've heard about fake pilots licences within PIA... you're the man!!

@azhanmalik6915 2 года назад

There were no Fake Certificates. Our Idiot Minister fucked up the Situation. There were just some pilots whose lisence needed to be renewed.

@genericguy_ 2 года назад

@@azhanmalik6915 yes, US and Europe ate idiots too as they have banned PIA. Only pakistan is smart

@azhanmalik6915 2 года назад

@@genericguy_ Not as smart as you Man.

@engineerated5627 3 года назад

I was on board in PIA a few days back and I think it's a pretty decent airline. ( It was a domestic flight and costed me 6 cents per km)

@Anas-rx9zs 3 года назад

6 cents per km? Holy crap thats cheap.

@christinegraham7693 3 года назад

You get what you pay for.

@engineerated5627 3 года назад

@@Anas-rx9zs Hahaha.

@engineerated5627 3 года назад

@@christinegraham7693 Indeed, you do.

@obombabeenlaid5101 2 года назад

Cheaper than Uber!

@ABPhotography1 3 года назад

My Grand parents from Edinburgh were married in Karachi in 1925. Love the videos Noel...subscribed earlier.

@israrhussain1546 3 года назад

Oh wow!

@Uthred_Ragnarson 2 года назад

1925 then there was no pakistan

@mariam.zmnnnnn 2 года назад

@@Uthred_Ragnarson yes there was it was just joint with india

@Uthred_Ragnarson 2 года назад

@@mariam.zmnnnnn THanks for telling

@mariam.zmnnnnn 2 года назад

@@Uthred_Ragnarson no problem

@infinitebrafit6282 3 года назад

Thanks for the upload Noel! Safe travels!

@awaywithpaul3423 3 года назад

Lovely to see the Classic Noel back... forget the business class luxury, let’s see more of you playing “have I got a qualified pilot flying this plane” roulette and travelling to wonderfully diverse places. Cracking video, food looked right up my street so I’d happily fly them. Islamabad looked beautiful too.

@kathyg8535 3 года назад

You should have flown economy - now that would have been really entertaining!

@brads2784 2 года назад

Even he’s not going to put himself through that torture

@mamamia5556 3 года назад

I'm a Filipino who flew on economy with Pakistan airline in the 80s to Jeddah via Karachi, and it was pretty good even better than my country's flag carrier 👍

@mohdtameemahmed1601 3 года назад

Hahahaha

@unspokenyt5044 3 года назад

I was eating when I saw what was on your seat and I kinda lost my appetite lol😂

@aminckone. 3 года назад

What....a seat belt ????wtf

@JonathanWinton123 3 года назад

You can kind of see why they are banned from Europe.

@Krystian10 3 года назад

@Rayaan Naqvi pilots without a license just one of the reasons. If you have a unlicensed pilot flying what do you think goes on with maintenance. I'm surprised they are allowed to fly in any airspace . It's a garbage airline and nobody cares if they were good 40 plus years ago .

@Muhammad_arif_khan 3 года назад

@@Krystian10 Most of the bullshit American and western airlines are going to be disposed off or land forever, what are the reasons for that?

@kiwikiwi2483 3 года назад

@@Muhammad_arif_khan Lol, you big mad.

@kiwikiwi2483 3 года назад

@@Muhammad_arif_khan Your life must suck if you feel the need to blame all of life's issue on "the west"

@coolsidecool 3 года назад

@@kiwikiwi2483 I blame sunsets on the west stealing our light.

@SAFFY7411 3 года назад

Pakistani here, I'm glad you had some nice things to say about Pakistan :D

@maymay022 3 года назад

@Archeet Chugh that a lil rude dont u think

@CutiePieVids 3 года назад

@Archeet Chugh Sitting on the railway line and waiting for poop? Shut the mouth, that's coming out of the wrong side.

@talkswithvigy7860 3 года назад

@@CutiePieVids that's few parts of India, have you ever seen the cities? It would fascinate you considering how primitive and terrorized pak is.

@aunnassaeed7289 3 года назад

@@talkswithvigy7860 u are primitive for even engaging in this beef

@Mustafa-ep8ez 3 года назад

@@CutiePieVids 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@maxs5643 3 года назад

Oh man! Noels courageous to fly by PIA.

@andysorensen1737 3 года назад

Unlicensed pilots...just a small issue.

@wynchester25 3 года назад

I know rightttttttt

@V8King770 3 года назад

Noel was probably more qualified to fly that plane than the pilots were 😂

@XtremeFun 3 года назад

p j if u researched a little, all of pia pilots are fully qualified to fly. They just used unlawful means to cheat in a recent test which the new government put in place. They have their cpl ATPL

@V8King770 3 года назад

@@XtremeFun I have, and I knew that, it was a joke, hence the 😂 🙄

@ThePorkypete51 3 года назад

@@V8King770 Well Noel does have his PPL, so probably is

@randymercado6586 3 года назад

Hi Noel, for 3 yrs I used to take the Manila to Narita leg of Pakistan Airline every 3 months as I was shuttling from Manila to Tohoku University for my Phd studies1994-96). It was still clean, affordable airline. Sadly it is also no longer allowed to fly to Manila. Thank you again for another informative vlog!!

@gokuultrainstinct5280 2 года назад

Look his head no hair it's weird

@jatterhog Год назад

@@gokuultrainstinct5280 it’s common in western countries to be bald

@samgreen3818 3 года назад

I've returned to your channel to binge, great viewing during lockdown! Take care Noel!

@Microman6502 3 года назад

I lived in Pakistan during the 80s so took quite a few PIA flights back then including domestic routes on their fleet of Fokker F27s.

@davecross4408 3 года назад

Do you have any beer? Naaah the pilots drank it all...

@unknown-im2bh 3 года назад

That’s United

@FilK79 3 года назад

@@unknown-im2bh You mean United Nations? :D

@unknown-im2bh 3 года назад

FilK79 nah united airlines had the pilots turn up drunk on a Glasgow to Newark flight lol

@6yjjk 3 года назад

Gate agent: May I see your passport please... Noel: May I see the pilots' licences please...

@tingleology9247 3 года назад

Why because their Pakistani?

@TAILSORANGEs 3 года назад

@@tingleology9247 Because some "pilots" in that airline do NOT have a valid pilot's license. There were findings that would prove that the licenses were forged/ bought via a "Third party" without having gone through the training processes required as per the regulations.

@rackyross 2 года назад

@@TAILSORANGEs Just some???? About a third of all their "pilots" had fake licenses...

@simonhusseymusic 3 года назад

Amazing videos and thanks for sharing your experiences. Love it. Best from Australia. Keep safe!

@pauldoyle6701 3 года назад

I rarely subscribe to this anything, but this video was incredibly interesting. You got yourself a subscriber sir! I’m very scared of flying but love to travel. When you said PIA were banned for many pilots not having licenses I nearly choked on my coffee ☕️😂.

@yayaanetwork2530 3 года назад

Some of my earliest memories were on a 747 British Airways flight to PK. I also remember 747 Pia flights to Pakistan. I’ve always enjoyed flying with them, the staff can’t be funny with you sometimes but they’re generally nice people. I always enjoy the Pia food, and if you’re sweet talking you always get seconds lol. Thank you for your kind words of our beautiful country.

@nh5972 3 года назад

Amazing video Noel, all your vids are absolutely brilliant, I will always be subscribed to you, keep up the great work 👍

@TheLawOfficesofHamzaSalahuddin 3 года назад

Just subscribed because of this video 😂😂😂 many happy travels to u mate

@mubarez6599 3 года назад

Subscribed! Amazing video. Thank you!

@davecross4408 3 года назад

Seats not fastened very well... dont worry, neither are the wings

@shahidawahab9220 3 года назад

That was really quite unnecessary and rude

@agul5758 3 года назад

Oh ya so he shuld hv been more thankful n greatful he landed safely n alive he himself looking so happy check his comments in end

@anayah3186 3 года назад

Thats so rude!

@SirAMG63 3 года назад

Haha ikr

@jeffreysureejamie2547 3 года назад

Remind me to give PIA a miss... Banned in certain countries. They finally thought getting licenced pilot would be a good idea. If the seat is not clean or even bolted in, I dread to think how serviceable the aircraft is in general. Also given the amount of excess cabin baggage on board I dread to think how inaccurate the calculated take off weight vs the actual take off weight is.

@chbmckie 3 года назад

"A squirt of sticky fluid later, I was on my way!" - Noel Philips, 2020

@shadoekim 3 года назад

Only bald headed people would say that lol

@CallieMasters5000 3 года назад

That's what she said.

@ABPhotography1 3 года назад

Hahahaha!

@TransistorBased 2 года назад

Literally everyone trying to go to sleep

@flyingwithnathan9093 3 года назад

PIA used to have a 777 flight to manchester. It used to go out without fail at about 1pm. It would shake the whole house. (I live under the flight path in Trafford, south Manchester). How I miss it! Subscribed by the way! Really enjoyed the video :D

@irvinetap707 3 года назад

I flew on PIA DC10-30 in1985. Loved the Pakistani food! I really enjoy your videos.

@tufailmohammed3865 3 года назад

I remember flying in the 80’s as a kid during the holidays for my home in Hong Hong to Pak and PIA was at top of its game at the time but then after that it somehow just went downhill and lost itself and now I have not flown since as they have terrible safety record with outdated planes and poor maintenance.

@IslamTeachingz 2 года назад

Etihad is far better

@andremp03 3 года назад

Porter to Noel giving a tip: "Only five?!" 💀

@ashrevlution3456 3 года назад

When the average Pakistan wage is around €20 per week he was trying his luck thinking Noel was an idiot lol

@Ozymandias1 3 года назад

5 euros as well. What can you do in Pakistan with euros?

@ahmedbawany1712 3 года назад

5 euros is ok its around a 1000 rupees.

@linuxares 3 года назад

@@Ozymandias1 They probably got like a Forex or something on the airport

@southjerseysound7340 3 года назад

@@Ozymandias1 you can change euros just about anywhere in Pakistan. There's plenty of legal and illegal exchanges.v

@BobSmith-yy7vr 3 года назад

I flew PIA in 1997 from JFK to Lahore with a stopover in Amsterdam. I thought it was fine except the first flight was on the first 747 ever made. Every seat was a different color and when I tried to turn the overhead light on a light would come on about 3 rows away. Other than that it was a ok flight. It was a mad rush off the plane in Amsterdam to go get a drink at the bar but we made it to Lahore and I had a nice 2 weeks visiting Sialkot

@antharro 3 месяца назад

The first 747 made, N7470, was never in commercial service. It was a testbed for Boeing until it was retired in April of 1995. It's currently at the Seattle Museum of Flight. The first commercial 747, N736PA, went to PamAm and was destroyed in the Tenerife disaster of March 1977. PIA's first 747 was a -282 varient, AP-AYW, and was leased from TAP (Portugal) in April of 1976. So if you meant 1977 instead of 1997, then it's possible you could have been on AP-AYW. It had a long life, staying with PIA until 2005, when it went to Evergreen where it was stored until 2010. It saw brief use with Baltia before being broken up in 2012 at KL, Malaysia. Incidentally, this was the plane involved in the 1986 incident at Islamabad, where the crew forgot to lower the landing gear before landing.

@michaelparker4457 3 года назад

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Sitting at home sick with the dreaded virus and living vicariously through you and your adventures! Keep up the good work!

@panda4lyf2 3 года назад

I’m cabin crew and I love watching your videos Noel 😃

@salmanlifevlog 3 года назад

You have to take flight from Islamabad to Gilgit in the north. It's one of the amazing flights and views you can get you will forget Nepal

@GerRidOfThem 3 года назад

What a great video! Reminds me of my trips to Karachi and Islamabad...

@falling043 2 года назад

Nice video! The first ever flight in my life was PIA from Amsterdam to New York in a 747 back in 1989. Air travel was still more exclusive back then especially from Europe to the USA so I was stoked, PIA was more affordable than KLM!

@Mirsab 2 года назад

How was the experience?

@notrecyborg5492 Год назад

that's probably because the pilots are untrained 🤣

@MuhammadHamas Год назад

Yeah PIA was one of the most well renowned international airlines in 20th century... Unfortunately politicians ruined it later on by politicizing it for their self interests

@Michelle_sal 3 года назад

Definitely come to Pakistan for a vacation. I'm from the US but have been staying in Pakistan with my in-laws and husband since January because of coronavirus. The Pakistani people are great for hospitality. We were actually in Islamabad last week, wish we knew you were here. Next time fly to Lahore, there are many things to see

@muhammadmkhan9046 3 года назад

Thx and peace and blessings be upon you hope everything is well

@Deira854 3 года назад

Lol and get killed? I would never recommend white people to go to the most dangerous country in the world, any white person or non muslim can be killed anytime there, its the most horrible country in the world. There so many other countries to spend vacation in.

@Michelle_sal 3 года назад

@@Deira854 as a white woman who has been to Pakistan 4 times and has traveled to a couple of cities and also lived in Pakistan for the past year, I can say its completely safe. Both my mom and I have been and never experienced any problems. Pakistani people went out of their way to make sure we were taken care of. Research before criticizing a country. Assalam aleikum (the greeting in Urdu/Arabic which means peace and blessings be upon you) and Allah Hafiz (goodbye in Urdu which means "may God protect you")

@buildz2444 3 года назад

@@Deira854 I'm a white traveller who has been Pakistan many times and it's the most kindred,most beautiful and the most underrated country to be to you are just another dumb moron who knows nothing

@Deira854 3 года назад

@@buildz2444 lol pakistani pretending to be white hahahah

@onlineamiga 3 года назад

Where did this airline go wrong? I remember a long time ago (circa 2001) they did a new york -> manchester -> islamabad route. Never flew them myself though.

@vadwvea7153 3 месяца назад

Corruption and a few unlucky events which resulted in them losing all their money and revenue

@donxz2555 3 года назад

Having as a Customs Officer the job of searching aircraft arriving in the U.K. the one airline we hated to search was PIA it was the pits, putting a hand under a seat you never knew what surprise you would find ! I will let your brain dwell on that ! The cleaning crews got paid danger money, we didn’t. The state of the aircraft was only one issue, the crews understanding of safety was so poor it was dangerous! Searching the void (the space above the cabin where the control cables run) we found stolen airline goods like bottles of soda hidden in the void on the control cables, just ready to slip and ... possibly one downed aircraft. Others were bad but none as bad as PIA I still would never fly PIA as it may have changed (don’t know) but memories linger. Actually talking to a good friend who was Pakistani, he also avoided PIA as if you could afford it he flew with EU based airlines.

@irfanhussain4531 2 года назад

Listen shut up

@irfanhussain4531 2 года назад

We didn’t need all that talking

@irfanhussain4531 2 года назад

Plus how is PIA that bad if they have only had 23 crashes and Air France has had 149 crashes

@vitaly6312 2 года назад

Pretty simple really, PIA has been in operation for less than Air France, Air France has a much much larger fleet size (I’d venture to say 10 times larger than PIA) and Air France serves probably close to 100 countries while PIA… well… doesn’t. Let’s be honest, maintenance and training isn’t the top priority for PIA which, not ironically, is the cause for most crashes.

@irfanhussain4531 2 года назад

@@vitaly6312 PIA goes to 56 destinations where as Air France goes to around 40

@eliska4325 3 года назад

This makes me feel better about flying with Ryanair for the first time, always been a Jet2, TUI, Easyjet person

@anasshahid7503 3 года назад

Yeah the airline is going through a shady phase right now but good things are coming its way. Glad you enjoyed Islamabad.

@israrhussain1546 3 года назад

PIA has always been shady. I once found a bag of vomit in the seat in front of me and another time the full seat was hanging of .. Couldn't have asked for a better start to my holiday to Pakistan. 😜. While it's true politicians are to blame for its failings you can't blame corruption when it comes to cleanliness...just needs a team of proper cleaners and handymen to fix the small issues on board

@Mirsab 3 года назад

@@israrhussain1546 kinda can, corruption can lead to low standards

@israrhussain1546 3 года назад

@@Mirsab cleanliness doesn't cost a thing. I am talking about making the aeroplanes clean. But the thing is in Pakistan there is no care given to things like cleanliness and maintenance. It's more of a cultural thing, once something is built no money is put towards looking after it. For example, have you ever been to a government office? They always look dull and nasty. Could do with s fresh lick of paint now and again.

@aliasad2143 2 года назад

@@israrhussain1546 I completely agree with you but you’d be surprised how much cleanliness and maintenance of an airline costs. Nevertheless, they should really put more work into the airline.

@ThemeParkBazza 3 года назад

You are a brave man , I remember when there uses to be a daily PIA flight out of Manchester and the copious baggage people brought with them.

@BrettCook 3 года назад

I used to work at Manchester airport and the horror stories I'd hear from the cleaners and cabin crew working the PIA flight used to shock me.

@TheMarkisaBeast 3 года назад

Brett Cook do tell please

@julianpotentate5942 3 года назад

@@TheMarkisaBeast toilets dont use flush and aisles are rotten

@dazlebluefrogify 3 года назад

the company my brother worked for on maintenance found i think he said a 747 it had so many faults it had to leave manchester empty and never return till everything that was wrong got fixed !! this was about 15years ago

@thegaffer7280 3 года назад

Excellent presentation and footage of the show

@vegqpunks 3 года назад

Despite being a Pakistani citizen, I have never flown with PIA (usually go for Turkish, Etihad, Emirates, Pacific) but I do know that it is notorious for the overwhelming corruption. The government is currently trying to privatize it but due to the extremely strong labour union (which is also corrupt) it's impossible. Man, this airline really fell from it's pre 2000's glory. Also they really don't give a crap about aircraft maintenance or safety (I know cause my aunt worked as the head of the cabin crew for more than 10 years)

@markc7099 3 года назад

Great Vid and review you gave PIA and us the subscribers Noel, shame you wasn’t able to explore Islamabad, its on my bucket list to visit, along with the rest of Pakistan, Ive many Pakistani friends here in the UK and they only speak so highly of the country. Thanks again Noel for the vid. 🙏

@markc7099 3 года назад

Perpetual Grin Brilliant recommendation coming from a well traveled chap from down under, thank you. 🙏

@markc7099 3 года назад

Perpetual Grin Norway is stunning, not been to Greenland, I love Nepal - Switzerland - Italy, Japan - Southern Thailand, India, they are all favs of mine, but so looking forward to visiting Pakistan one day soon, well as soon as poss. 🙏 All travelling for me right now is off the list, 😥

@carrisasteveinnes1596 3 года назад

Ask yourself why your Pakistani friends are not living in Pakistan, and why the UK is becoming it. And where they'll go when the UK has become unbearable, as it it becoming.

@ChestertonB 3 года назад

When I was 10 years old I wrote to Jim'll Fix It to ask them if I could fly in the cockpit of an airline. Later that afternoon I was FO with PIA on my way to Lahore. Was a lovely gesture by the captain to let me land.

@DutchSteamboat 3 года назад

Must have been a bummer when you couldn't order a beer.

@StreetDrilla 3 года назад

@@DutchSteamboat no one who flies on PIA has consumed alcohol in their lives.

@masoodkhan427 3 года назад

Beautiful comment .Chesterton 👍👍👍

@abhinavinsearchofthelost 3 года назад

Great to see a review of PIA in British accent. Although I may never be able to travel with them due to my Indian background but if Pakistan ever does give me a visa I will definitely travel with PIA. Sending love from Hereford, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@sm112 3 года назад

Many Indins have visited Pakistan. I doubt you will have any problems getting a visa

@Mirsab 3 года назад

If you have a British passport, your Indian background shouldn't matter TMU. You should know that Pakistanis aren't as hostile towards Indians as Indians are towards Pakistanis IMO. In fact you might be given a better treatment for being of Indian origin

@sivr3352 3 года назад

@@Mirsab Hundreds of pakistanis visit India for medical treatment and other such purposes. Any behaviour is a reflection, you behave good, we reciprocate the same.

@amberlight5830 2 года назад

@@sivr3352 and btw which other purposes?

@sivr3352 2 года назад

@@amberlight5830 visiting family, study, work in entertainment industry etc

@PeterPan-jd9lu 3 года назад

And they are banned for a good reason as a third of their cockpit crew does not have a valid licence or cheated to get one... Glad you made it alive...

@dingledangle265 3 года назад

@@neonwired4978 accurate enough.

@levonalyanakian1831 3 года назад

neonwired a handful is too many

@Diorella_scent 3 года назад

I enjoyed this from the comfort of my own bed! You are a brave man, and we love you for taking us to all of these places. I have lived and worked in Asia, and the cardboard boxes and stripey bags are a common feature of travelling! The best I’ve seen was a cardboard box with a live chicken in it trying to board as hand luggage...

@cementer7665 2 года назад

One night, flying from Doha to Bahrain, an Arab gentleman, complete with robe, checkered head dress, with O-ring boarded with his falcon on his shoulder.

@wordtruth6116 3 года назад

Good honest review.loved it. Cheers

@unknown-us5vs 2 года назад

Out of 3 Pakistani pilots ONE HAS FAKE DEGREE

@CootTheGamer 3 года назад

Loved your video! You should fly Gulf Air especially their a320neo and 787!

@hmistry 2 года назад

I've found you now! time to WATCH IT ALL! Thank you for creating your amazing videos.

@justwilly6778 3 года назад

One thing I noticed about Air India and Air Pakistan, the food is the best i've ever had on an airliner!

@bubblegumdutchess12 3 года назад

PIA has FIRE food and ive flown soo many airlines. We love meat and spices and rice 😆😀

@thomasfy4 3 года назад

Can’t believe that cheeky git asked for me for than €5 euros!

@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 3 года назад

thomasfy4 He’s lucky he got 5...shameless...

@Adamhuge7 3 года назад

@DJRICKYDEEUK idiot. The guy actually payed him less. 1500 rupees is 8 euros and he payed him 5. Also he probably doesn't know the currency. Also how do you know he's muslims and even if he was what has his religion got to do with it.

@Graceful1 3 года назад

@DJRICKYDEEUK what does all of this have to do with religion anyway? Uneducated or as some people say "scamming the tourists" maybe you can argue that but it's nothing to do with being Christian or Jewish or Muslim... Quite a pathetic argument really

@abbasz8421 3 года назад

5 euros is nothing for an international tourist hence the surprise. When you go to international locations or even the developed part of any developing country, the prices are standardised with the developed world.

@rc666 3 года назад

@Mr K In any case more educated and less backward, Pakistan is such an example

@philhowells7715 3 года назад

I always seem to overpack. But whenever I fly PIA, it always makes me feel so much better seeing the numerous luggage trolleys everyone else seems to have at check-in.

@christinegraham7693 3 года назад

Kitchen sink syndrome.

@GMan380 3 года назад

Many thanks for sharing your objective, open-minded views that you expressed of your experience despite the negative reputation PIA has in Europe.

@combatduckie 2 года назад

i wouldn call the unprofessional service to customers, rude local passengers, the lack of safety and bad onplane hygiene just a "negative reputation" but FACTS! They re rightfully banned to fly in Western continents such as USA and Europe!

@khanbahadur9009 3 года назад

I usually fly from Manchester to Islamabad. There is usually a crowd at the airport to see off one person, which creates chaos at departure. You are absolutely right about the amount of luggage people carry as if they are moving house. I feel sorry for the baggage handlers. PIA aeroplanes are usually old and therefore they don't give you the feeling of cleanliness and luxury. Crew work ethics is variable. Islamabad airport is nice. The porters there would usually ask for money and I would give them 1000 PKR or sometimes more. Their pay is not much and with current inflation I think that is fair i.e. 5€ as I see few people are complaining.

@erikrudolph5769 3 года назад

When an airline has a crash because the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear after plenty of warnings in the cockpit I think I'm officially not flying with them

@imranafzal2215 3 года назад

At least it's not as bad as german pilot who would just fly suicidal. One forgot to lower the landing gear and the other flew for a suicide. Which one would you take.

@erikrudolph5769 3 года назад

@@imranafzal2215 I'd probably rather risk it to visit Pakistan and fly its national airline ...but that would definitely be in the back of my mind when the wheels are about to hit the runway

@nalina1701 3 года назад

Dont blame you. It was recently found out from an internal investigation in Pakistan that some pilots actually have fake licenses (smth along those lines). It's a horrifying thing. Even as a Pakistani I don't feel comfortable flying in it.

@erikrudolph5769 3 года назад

@Mario ever been to the United states?

@indi3918 3 года назад

@Mariodude looks at what the vlogger said about Pakistan. Isn't true at all. Their hospitality's no 1.

@ASAviation 3 года назад

Brilliant review Noel, just a correction at 1:40...AP-BHV was actually decommissioned at Karachi (not Saudi Arabia) for a long time before PIA finally got their act together and fixed her up again! Have to admit, for the incredible country that Pakistan is, it definitely deserves a much better airline than PIA as its national flag carrier.

@jatterhog Год назад

The world’s flag carriers all need to improve imo, well except for maybe Emirates, SIA and JAL

@rich_edwards79 3 года назад

To be fair the food looked amazing. I'd love a choice of curries in-flight rather than the usual bland stodgy fayre you're invariably offered on British and American carriers. (Though I didn't envy you having to wear a mask afterwards!) And a flat reclining seat is a flat reclining seat, as a six-footer it would be infinitely preferable to being wedged bolt upright into some of the economy seats I've endured over the years. I've found some pretty gross things in seat-back pockets and in the space between the armrest and window on Western airlines too. I think that has a lot to do with fast turnaround times at destinations now, with less than an hour to clean an entire plane some things are inevitably going to be missed. Pre-Covid, PIA used to operate out of Leeds Bradford (my home airport) and Manchester, I was tempted on occasion by the low fares to the US.

@adamweishaupt2846 3 года назад

I would have taken the 5 euros back after he said "Only 5"

@Daniel-wv8lb 3 года назад

Same here

@amberabdullah5473 3 года назад

Very miser

@dewester5394 3 года назад

As a British-Pakistani who has been traveling on PIA out of Heathrow for more than 15 years now, it's sad to see what has occurred with PIA in the past year or so. Hopefully they can find their way back to how good they can really be.

@Jello836 3 года назад

I also had a great flight with PIA a few years ago. I didn’t realise it had changed so significantly.

@dewester5394 3 года назад

@@Jello836 yeah, it has went through a few troubles recently.

@Jello836 3 года назад

Brisca Legends - you saddo

@respect411 3 года назад

thank you for doing something different than other trip report youtubers. low cost african airlines next please!!!

@makylemur7019 2 года назад

Between 1996 and 2000 I used PIA from Kennedy to Rawalpindi (the Islamabad airport was in Rawalpindi). Service was satisfactory but there were delays in taking off up to a few hours. Twice took flight from Rawalpindi to Skardu. I was able to sit in the cockpit on one of those flights. In those days PIA was referred to as Perhaps I arrive or Please Inform Allah, If you ignored the delays service was good.

@TheDobermannnn 3 года назад

Noel- The seat kept wobbling. Me- looking at the engine.

@SyedAhmed-dq7rv 3 года назад

Nice. Thanks for the unbiased video 😍

@marctaiji5052 3 года назад

That guy assisting you with your bag as you exited the airport only reinforced my belief that a foreigner would be scammed at every opportunity within Pakistan. Having handed him €5, he looked for more. Hence I have absolutely no interest in ever visiting the country. Treat visitors with respect , stop trying to scam them and you may attract more visitors to your country. As for smoking onboard, spent a lot of time travelling on Vietnam Airlines many years ago , not only would the Vietnamese pilots regularly smoke in the cockpit but the male cabin crew would also visit the cockpit regularly to smoke a cigarette. (I’d never seen any Vietnamese female smoke). Airplanes used to stink of cigarettes.

@s125ish 3 года назад

It must be a cultural thing

@ezan3363 3 года назад

i live there and i 100% agree XD

@Marcsharp82 3 года назад

Every country tries to scam Foreign visitors

@usamazahid01 3 года назад

Not fair to say that. There are good and bad people in every country.

@awaywithpaul3423 3 года назад

It’s the same in every city.. London has its fair share of opportunists looking to make a bit extra from naive tourists.

@AsifHussain-ls4py 3 года назад

nice video noel an well said at the end abt the airline haviing more investment n then it will be up there with emirates,etihad, etc.etc..

@mustafasofficial6289 3 года назад

5:44 crew: does safety actions Ife: am i a joke to you

@goytabr 3 года назад

The reason why the flight was so full was that there are very few options other than PIA to fly to Pakistan, especially from the East, as was your case. Most Western and East Asian airlines have pulled out of that market, not because they didn't sell tickets (on the contrary, it was a very profitable route), but because it was deemed unsafe, with both internal political instability and the many extremist Islamic groups that find refuge there and the government turns a blind eye, for various and complex reasons (Osama bin Laden wasn't hiding there for no reason). Even Karachi, the country's largest and busiest airport, has suffered terrorist attacks. Middle Eastern carriers still fly to Pakistan, because they can't afford to lose a very busy market and especially because the many Pakistani workers in the Gulf countries make the route politically sensitive, but other than that, there aren't many foreign airlines serving it. The safety issues and the unreliability and inefficiency of the ground services would also make it unfeasible to create a hub in Pakistan, though the geographic location is indeed superb. Many, many years ago, in a more innocent era, I made a trip to Germany and I met a Japanese guy there who had flown from Tokyo to Frankfurt via Karachi on PIA, because it was the cheapest flight, and he liked it a lot. A curious fact: in Portuguese, the word "pia" can have three totally different meanings: as an adjective (in the female form, used for women), it means "pious", but as a noun, it means "sink" (the bathroom and kitchen fixture). It can also be one of the conjugated forms of the verb "piar", meaning "to tweet" (the actual bird sound, not on Twitter).

@Gothic55 3 года назад

Hi, travelled PIA loads of times, and half the time they actually were on time and went where they were supposed to. PIA used to be called “pray in the air”. On one occasion I flew from Islamabad to Gilgett - an hour into the flight the plane turned around to Islamabad and we all got off, no idea why but hey ho. Still better than lots of African Airlines - in particular Kenyan Airlines.

@IslamTeachingz 2 года назад

Not better tha Etihad

@eddycarpenter8989 2 года назад

Atleast Kenya airlines is considered safe enough to fly into the USA and Europe

@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 2 года назад

The pilot's license thing just blew my mind 🤯

@adeelcyril3339 3 года назад

Great video! Keep up this awesome vlogging content.

@Travelwidjini 3 года назад

Have traveled with PIA in my old days and reminds me of the very good and great people to fly with. The political involvement ruined the national carrier that helped established Emirates Saudia and other gulf airlines. Currently structural reforms are going on hope to see them great people to fly with again In Sha Allah.

@abseiduk 3 года назад

They didn't help establish my Emirates. I think your over claiming here.

@shahji5119 2 года назад

@@abseiduk Emirates leased their first planes from PIA. And Emirates pilots were trained by pia pilots

@yashkonaje6813 2 года назад

@@shahji5119 it's like Billionaire begging from Beggar😂

@valorantcoreme6694 2 года назад

@@yashkonaje6813 Boo! Do your research Indian!

@Ferociousplayz_11 8 месяцев назад

@@yashkonaje6813lies

@SyedAli-sd6if 3 года назад

Back in the day 1950s and up to 1980 PIA was like Emirates and Singapore airlines are today. Perks for employees were excellent. You have to understand PIA is a nationalised airline and given the plethora of corrupt governments, patronage to those that helped the government was rife. This led to appointments of inept, uneducated staff from Punjab and interior Sindh, their work ethic is immediately up with the word barbaric. Over time the airline was raped by staffers, management where ex management set up their own airlines and deliberately lowered the standard to make their airlines more attractive. Ghost employees were created to syphon funds and even “real” employees would not turn up, but still get paid. To make things worse you had unions and the MQM that proved to be the final nail in the coffin. Now when the walking penis Aviation minister announces without proper figures that all pilots from Pakistan have “fake” qualifications, everyone runs a mile.

@jellu798 Год назад

You the people of Punjab & Sindh are useless

@madisonwiebe6140 2 года назад

Wow you’re a brave man! I’m terrified of flying! Actually your videos help me a lot with overcoming my fear of flying.

@poeticbuddha5608 2 года назад

I have a fear of flying too. I’ve been on about 5 flights. The best one was from California to Japan. A one way flight because it was thru the military. Also I just got my passport and I really wanna see more of the world. So I’m overcoming my fear. I think the worst part for me is takeoff. I hate the feeling of the plane climbing higher and higher. But once it reaches its altitude. It’s not so bad.

@smakes6301 3 года назад

Good well nuanced review Noel.

@Mohammed-xm5le 3 года назад

Thanks for visiting pakistan Noel. Please come back again!! And do explore, you'll have lots of fun!!

@taneyadasmandal1901 3 года назад

Well flying with PIA is only for the bravest

@alxve_lyrixs1316 3 года назад

I flew in PIA like 5 times already..never doing that again

@user-db1pn4ky2b 3 года назад

I have flown with them 50 times in 6 7 years

@taneyadasmandal1901 3 года назад

@@user-db1pn4ky2b well u should switch your airline

@user-db1pn4ky2b 3 года назад

@@taneyadasmandal1901 I started it with a new airline with 3 a320 about 14 years old airline named air sial

@taneyadasmandal1901 3 года назад

@@user-db1pn4ky2b o nice Safe flights

@arnavsadhu 2 года назад

The AirBlue at 12:03 made me remeber about another crash of AirBlue in Islamabad airport which was flew into terrain by an incompetent captain. Real sad story that one