The paksitan aviation industry was started up when orient airways with pakistan international airlines corporation PIAC to become the national flag carrier of pakistan called pakistan international airlines PIA.PIA remained the only operator for many years after its creation but soon private airlines started their operation to complete with the PIA as condition of the country stabilized.
After 1990 there was a major growth in the pakistani avaition market in the four new private airlines launching operations.The airlines did very well to complete with the well established national airlines PIA.However this was not to last as the UN placed economic sanctions on pakistan that caused the airline,market suffer.It caused two of the four airlines to the file for bankruptecy and liquidates their assects.The airlines industry remained quite stable with PIA developing a strong hold on the international and domestic market for many years.It was not until the early 21th century that the industry started to pick up again that allowed the entry of a new carrier in the market , airblue which launched operations with new state of the art aircraft.
At present airblue, pakistan international airlines, and shaheen air international are the major.Pakistan based airlines providing services to passengers and handling cargo both domestic and international.
Pakistan civil aviation authority CAA is regulator authority under the control of ministry of defence of pakistan which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil avitation in pakistan.Nearly all civilian airports in pakistan are owned and operated by the CAA.The headquarters of the civil aviation authority is located at pakistan's largest airports,Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
CAA is a member of the international civil avaition organisation ICAO.
According to service perfomances survey SPS a recent survey conducted by singapore airlines, the allama iqbal international airport lahore is ranked the world's leading airports in terms of service perfomances out of 18 airports from around the world including dubai airport, cape town airport,mumbai air port and campbell airport UK for its goods terminal services and effective management.
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