KARACHI
Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation, Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan said that due to a friendly ‘open sky’ policy the national airlines especially PIA, have suffered a lot and therefore, no foreign country or foreign airline would be granted any additional rights without proper justification.
He said this while addressing the participants of PIA’s Marketing Conference 2017. The two-days conference was held in Karachi where all marketing station heads from domestic and international destinations presented their station’s performance, activities and future plan of action.
While addressing the participants, Sardar Mehtab said that PIA can only succeed with the full support and joint efforts of all employees and they should take the full ownership of their organisation. However, there is need to eradicate favoritism and promote merit in all spheres of airline, he said.
PIA has to fill in the demand gap that exists in the market and has to have the capacity and right product mix. Sardar Mehtab said that PIA must expand its network to cater to the demand gap that exists in the market. I know the competition is very tough due to no equal playing field.
He congratulated PIA management and especially CEO Nayyar Hayat and Acting Chief Commercial Officer Tahir Niaz for bringing improvements in the airline. He said that the airline is moving in the right direction and will soon achieve new heights. He concluded.
Earlier, CEO Nayyar Hayat in his address emphasised upon the need to adopt a new business model for the airline. He said technological advancements should be incorporated at a faster pace to make it convenient for the passengers.
He said the airline is on path of turn around and very soon we will be out of difficult phase being faced presently.
Tahir Niaz gave a detailed briefing on the performance of marketing department. Earlier the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer Zia Qadir Qureshi and Chief Commercial Officer Bilal Munir Shaikh also spoke on the occasion.
Later, the field managers gave their presentations.
