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First Thoughts on Pakistan Airlines 777 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 2, 2016December 5, 2016 6 Comments

I’m finding it difficult to summarize my experience on Pakistan Airlines today from Manchester to New York in business class. On the one hand, the FAs displayed incredible Pakistani hospitality and the buffet-style main course was really delicious — perhaps the best meal of the trip. On the other hand, the PIA business class product is not competitive in nearly every other way.

The seats, though not primitive, are non lie-flat and poorly maintained (or perhaps just too old). They rattled and were tattered and had to be manually adjusted at different points in the flight when the motorized system failed.

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The IFE was a very early version of AVOD (audio-visual on-demand) and featured a dated collection of movies and TV programming.

The overall service was just strange — cutlery was all plastic, there were no menus or amenity kits, flimsy economy class headphones, no salad dressing for the salad (which was the only appetizer), no nuts or canapes, and a disgusting pre-arrival tea service: imagine a stale piece of bread with a rubber slice of chicken in between a pineapple slice and maraschino cherry.

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The main meal service consisted only of a small salad with bread, main course, Pakistani dessert, and fruit/cheese. I have always liked Pakistani food and truly enjoyed the main course. The spices were just right and though the food was only served lukewarm, it still tasted great. And this dessert was absolutely exceptional:

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Though the ticket was only about $900 and I do not regret the experience, I do not have plans to fly Pakistan Airlines again anytime soon, though there are intriguing rumors concerning a business class refresh.

The ironic thing is that I slept more on this flight than any other flight the entire trip — certainly I was exhausted after 48 hours of continuous travel without a hotel room, but it is indeed possible to sleep on the seat if you are tried enough…

(I’m using pictures from Lucky for this post – click here to read about his initial take on the flight)

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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6 Comments

  1. MeanMeosh Reply
    August 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    Seems like it’s not nearly as bad as the horror stories at first blush. I’ll take a delicious meal and friendly service any day, even if the hard product is subpar.

  2. Mama mja Reply
    August 3, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    Were the crew Pakistani? Pia got some planes on wet lease from siri Lankan. Maybe that’s why they need some work to do. From pics it looks like siri Lankan wet lease.

  3. Sazizi Reply
    August 4, 2016 at 7:48 am

    Nope this is PIA’s own 777. Planes leased from Sri Lankan are A330’s and are yet to be introduced in service.

  4. Matthew Reply
    August 4, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    @MAMA MJA – the crew was 100% Pakistani

  5. Yahiya Zaidul Reply
    August 10, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    Yeah….Pia is refurbishing their business class cabins on 777LRs from 2017. While the leased Srilankan A330s are all ready to be flying from 14nth of August onwards to London. The leased jets feature herrigbone layout seats in business and an improved entertainment system.

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