page_title: Pakistan International Airlines
section_title: PIA Township
hierarchical_section_title: Pakistan International Airlines / PIA Township
context_page_description: Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag carrier of Pakistan under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation. Its central hub is Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, while Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, and Islamabad International Airport serve as secondary hubs.
  PIA was founded on 29 October 1946 as Orient Airways, and was initially based in Calcutta, British India, before shifting operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in 1947. Orient Airways was nationalised to form the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation. The new airline commenced international services in 1955 to London, via Cairo and Rome. PIA became the first Asian airline to operate jet aircraft with the induction of the Boeing 707 into commercial service on 7 March 1960, and later in 1964 became the first non-Communist airline to fly to China. The airline played a vital role in the establishment of the Emirates airline in 1985. In 2004, PIA become the launch customer of the Boeing 777-200LR. On 10 November 2005 used the Boeing 777-200LR to complete the world's longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner.
context_section_description: PIA Township (Urdu: پی آئی اے ٹاؤن شپ‎) also known as PIA Colony is Pakistan International Airlines flat complex which is a major residential gated community located in Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The township was built for the employees working in PIA. The township has at least 1100 flats. The township is next to the Jinnah International Airport.
caption: Front south entrance
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