"you get what you pay for"
B Martin (United Kingdom)
✅ Trip Verified | London to Islamabad. You will be where I have been, when booking tickets. You use a ticket scanner site and find the cheapest ticket you can for a flight to Pakistan. You see the price of business class on PIA and its half the price of any of the competitors. You say 'wow, ill book that'. This is what you get. Ancient planes with broken seats, scuffed and dirty. No IFE. Screens don't work. This was both ways. Seat didn't work. When the airlines say lie flat seat, you assume when its working it lies flat. Basically for the price, you get a wider seat and more leg room. Food was tasty and plentiful, despite being served from foil trays, and eaten with plastic forks. Staff were average. Some were excellent, some were miserable and offish. No priority boarding or bag tags. I waited 50 mins at Heathrow to collect my bag. I travel business most weeks somewhere in the world. PIA is the worst I've come across. For the price it's almost acceptable, as its so cheap. But the old adage is true, you get what you pay for.
Aircraft | Boeing 777-300 |
Type Of Traveller | Business |
Seat Type | Business Class |
Route | London to Islamabad |
Date Flown | August 2018 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"Totally incompetent!"
Sabrina Geßner (Germany)
Not Verified | Karachi to Quetta. Totally incompetent! They canceled our flight without telling us and then gave us a terrible hotel at the airport. It was just a horrible room at the hotel and they told us that we have pay the water. We didn’t got any money for the not refundable hotel booking in Quetta or the inconvenience we had (visa expiring and so on). Not again! Worst service ever experienced!
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Karachi to Quetta |
Date Flown | July 2018 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"didn't get money's worth."
Arshed Mahmood (United Kingdom)
✅ Trip Verified | Manchester to Islamabad. Was apprehensive but the 7.25 hours direct flight was a better option than changeovers in Dubai on this occasion. Paid nearly 1700£ for 2nd rate experience. The crew was nice but what can they do when the seats were dirty, grease and rubbish down side of sear poor quality food served from aluminium trays. On the whole didn't get money's worth. However I was impressed by the staff. The flight back was the same but the seats were better and the staff equally good. Ground services virtually non existing.
Aircraft | Boeing 777 |
Type Of Traveller | Family Leisure |
Seat Type | Business Class |
Route | Manchester to Islamabad |
Date Flown | December 2017 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"staff were well trained"
B Unwin (Malaysia)
✅ Trip Verified |
Overall a smooth flight with Pakistan Intl Airlines flying from Karachi to Kuala Lumpur. Good meals served throughout the flight. Air-conditioning and the quality of the aircraft was good. The aircraft was old but was well maintained and the staff were well trained to meet the needs of the passengers. Despite being full in the business class it was a smooth trip.
Aircraft | Boeing 777-200 |
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Business Class |
Route | Karachi to Kuala Lumpur |
Date Flown | January 2018 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | yes |
"whole flight crew helped me"
7 reviews F Awan (Pakistan)
✅ Trip Verified | Flew Lahore to Riyadh via Islamabad with Pakistan Intl Airlines. Excellent In Air service. I arrived late at Lahore Airport but they did not made any issue at all. Provided my pre-selected seat. I am handicapped so airline immediately sent notification to all the terminals where I had to land to provide wheelchair upon landing. From Lahore to Islamabad it was ATR72-500. Aircraft seemed to be new, neat and clean, medical lift cannot be provided on this aircraft but whole flight crew helped me at their best to climb stairs. Seats cannot be reclined but they were comfortable enough for 1 to 2 hour flight. On next leg had some issues with ground management as it was pretty rude but inflight crew for flight from Islamabad to Lahore tried their best to cover it up by facilitating me (knowing that I had some incovenience due to ground staff negligence). Seats were comfortable, meal was just ok and IFE system was outdated.
Aircraft | ATR72-500 / Boeing 777-200ER |
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Lahore to Riyadh via Islamabad |
Date Flown | December 2017 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | yes |
"the flight was fantastic"
A Falqizar (United Kingdom)
✅ Trip Verified | Flew Islamabad to Manchester. Apart from entertainment the flight was fantastic. Friendly staff. We were served with meals, the food was good, beer was fantastic. Entertainment not working, can't beat direct flight. Plane was perhaps 15 years old but smooth.
Aircraft | Boeing 777-200 |
Type Of Traveller | Family Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Islamabad to Manchester |
Date Flown | January 2018 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | yes |
"Smelly, small toilets"
A Shaw (United Kingdom)
✅ Trip Verified | Flew Manchester to Islamabad. The worst business class I've ever flown. Seats look worn out. Mechanical issues with the seats. TVs don't work. Bad food served from aluminium trays. Smelly, small toilets. Porter service terrible and overall a bad experience. I wouldn't recommend Pakistan Intl Airlines.
Type Of Traveller | Business |
Seat Type | Business Class |
Route | Manchester to Islamabad |
Date Flown | December 2017 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"Moody flight attendants"
M Rahmed (United Kingdom)
✅ Trip Verified | London to Lahore. The ticket I purchased stated we would be flying in a Boeing 777 but we boarded a Boeing 747 Older model. Moody flight attendants. None of the TVs worked, the food was cold and stale. Poor service and no one cares about it.
Aircraft | Boeing 747 |
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | London to Lahore |
Date Flown | May 2017 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"I don't recommend this airline"
A Haribahim (Norway)
✅ Trip Verified | Oslo to Islamabad. I don't recommend this airline. Its really disorganised. 6 hours late, bad service, late boarding, its a real chaos! I will never fly with this airline again. I thought the opportunity to fly direct to Islamabad was good so I booked this airline but because of what happened. I will rather take other flights.
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Oslo to Islamabad |
Date Flown | December 2017 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"worst experience with airline"
Ica Nisa (Indonesia)
✅ Verified Review | Kuala Lumpur to Karachi. I did not fly with this airline, because they cancel the flight without any notification. But the counter staff said they are not the airline's gound staff so they cannot give a better solution for this situation. They only can offers a hotel room until the flight on the next 2 days or I can refund my tiket. The respect from the counter staff is really less. It was my worst experience with airline services.
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Kuala Lumpur to Karachi |
Date Flown | August 2017 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |