January 1962: Hero Captain Abdullah Baig, who flew a Boeing 720 from London at a speed of 938-78 km per hour and landed in Karachi in 6 hours 43 minutes and 55 seconds, holds the record for the fastest commercial flight till date.
March 1962: US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy traveled from New York to London on PAA's B-720, hugged Captain Salehji at the end of the journey, asked how was the journey? The First Lady's response was historic"Great people to fly with" This phrase became the slogan of PIA
On October 25, 1985, the first flight of a new airline from Dubai to Karachi was an Airbus A-300
The name Emirates is 'Emirates Airline', the six-year-old A-300 for the first flight and the second brand new Boeing 300-737 were provided by PIA, technical and technical support was separate, Emirates has 254 aircraft and PIA has 30
1968: PIA passengers one million
44 airlines and agencies of different countries used to send their staff to PIA for training.PIA is Asia's first airline to fly to four major cities around the world
1969: On-time flight record 97.70%
PIA used to fly in 62 cities of 4 continents, every 6 minutes a PIA plane either took off or landed around the world including Pakistan
1978: Baggage carelessness/loss only 2 in 10 thousand
1981 weekly 762 international flights,March 1960: PIA became Asia's first airline to operate a jet airliner with the Boeing 707
1979: PAA passengers 3.5 million
1964: PIA becomes the world's first non-communist and first Muslim airline to operate flights with China.PIA is the airline to introduce a new route over the Himalayas for China