Pakistan Airline Industry

Pakistan is served by five Pakistani airlines on domestic routes namely Pakistan International
Airlines, Air Blue, Air Sial, Serene Air, and Fly Jinnah. All focus services on truck routes Karachi-
Lahore- Karachi and Karachi – Islamabad routes with a mediocre presence on other destinations
like Multan, Faisalabad, and Quetta. On the secondary routes like Turbat, Gwadar, Sukkur,
Gilgit, etc. all shy away except PIA which dutifully keeps the obligation of providing air
connectivity on these routes.
All operate international flights mainly to Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina, Dubai, Sharjah, and Muscat.
Pakistani airlines all together operate a fleet of 52 aircraft. This works out to 27,000 persons per
seat taking an average seat capacity of 170 with a population of 236 million. The closest to our
measure in the region is Bangladesh with a fleet size of 53 average seat capacity of 140 and a
population of 171 million gives 23,000 persons/seat.
Pakistani Airlines Fleet

The figures below show, the share of traffic in 2023 on domestic and international routes
among airlines operating in Pakistan.
The charts below based on 2022 data show the share of air traffic on domestic and
international routes among the airlines. In domestic market the PIA has the largest share
followed closely by Airblue while Airsial and Serene are neck to neck. Statistics are not yet
available in this regard for FlyJinnah.

Source: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority website

In the international market PIA again leads followed by Emirates Airline and Qatar other
Pakistani carriers are among the other foreign carriers in the realm of 4 to 9% market share