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PIA wants to
order 777s
23rd October,
2001, Reuters
Pakistan International
Airlines said today it was holding talks with the US Ex-Im
Bank to buy four new Boeing 777 passenger aircraft.
"We have proposed to buy four Boeing 777 aircraft and
the proposal is being processed by Ex-Im bank," Imran Gardezi,
the airline's general manager for media affairs said.
"This proposal was given to us by the Finance Ministry
after initial talks with Ex-Im Bank and the airline's chief
operating officer submitted the proposal to the bank last
weekend," he added.
PIA, Pakistan's biggest airline
with more than 40 planes and 22,000 employees, is slated for
privatisation in the next 18 months.
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