Will PIA Drop Routes To The UK?

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hi,

Just wondering the 777LR is due in at Manchester on Sunday 26th Feb at 09:00 and i was wondering because of them getting theses new LR's will they be dropping routes in the major UK hub like Manchestre because PIA have around 35 flight out of Manchester each week, which must really add-up on passenger figures providing how popular they are.

I would imagine them dropping USA routes but not the Pakistan routes.

Jon

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20 years 2 months

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I thought that the new LR’s are for new point to point routes, and I believe that the passenger loads out of Man are high so it will be BAU. :)

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The MAN-USA-MAN sectors don't pick up many passengers - most of them are routing Pakistan-USA-Pakistan so it shoudn't have too much of an effect on total number of pax MAN handles. Pakistan-MAN-Pakistan won't be affected. The loss of some of the 5th freedom services could release some slots for other airlines to use though?

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I believe the BHX route is changing to a B777 for the summer season or at least that's the plan.