PIA adds Chicago O'Hare

[PIA]

Just checking SABRE and found the following flights beginning May 17th.
PK 795 KHI-ISB-BHX-ORD
PK 796 ORD-BHX-ISB-KHI
Flight 795/796 operates every Saturday with an A310.

PK 793 KHI-LHE-BHX-ORD
PK 794 ORD-BHX-LHE-KHI
Flights 793/794 operates every Wednesday with an A310.

ORD- Chicago O'Hare
BHX- Birmingham
ISB- Islamabad
LHE- Lahore
KHI- Karachi

PIA already flies the A310 to Toronto.A rather long journey for an A310.

[Richard]

Seriously, an A310. I would have expected a 747 on such a route.

[Chris Kilroy]

Wow, great news for ORD spotters! Especially if it actually arrives during daylight hours.

[PIA]

They fly the A310, due to the load factor.They dont have a 747 load for both Toronto and Chicago, however during the summers occasionaly when the load increases, the A310 is replaced by the 747 on the Toronto route.

[a78jumper]

I have seen PIA 747s a number of times at Pearson International, but come to think of it they were all in the summer months.
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Leeds Assembly

[a78jumper]

Quite sure that 310-300 stops elsewhere en route (LHR or?). I have flown over 4000 miles non stop in an A310-300 including YEG-LGW with the late and missed Wardair Canada, and YTR (CFB Trenton, Ontario)-Zagreb in a CC-137 Polaris, so they are capable of fairly long and thin routes, up to about 5000 miles I think.
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BODY SCIENCE

[PIA]

Yes, the A310 stops at Birmingham International Airport (BHX) enroute to YYZ , and so it would for ORD as well.

[PolishAir42]

Lets just hope the new 777 will be put on that route

[PK246]

I would look forward to see photos of PIA A310s taken at ORD. PIA A310s are probably the most hardworking and busiest A310s in the world.

[PIA]

That is true. They practicaly run the entire PIA international operation with the exception of UK, Saudia Arabia and the Gulf.