{"id":87480,"date":"2026-10-02T20:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=87480"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T20:49:59","slug":"pia-france-discuss-cooperation-to-strengthen-european-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/pia-france-discuss-cooperation-to-strengthen-european-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA, France discuss cooperation to strengthen European operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>French Ambassador Jean-No\u00ebl Poirier meets PIA CEO AVM Amir Hayat; discussions focus on European connectivity, Airbus fleet, technical support and collaboration with French aviation authorities<\/em><\/h6>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87485\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87485 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/78985684-8cfe-4df5-bd31-253969b0253b-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammad Rizwan &#8211; Diplomatic Correspondent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> French Ambassador to Pakistan Jean-No\u00ebl Poirier met Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat to discuss bilateral cooperation and opportunities to further strengthen PIA\u2019s presence and operations in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>According to PIA, the meeting reaffirmed the airline\u2019s close partnership with France and highlighted the importance of French support in strengthening its European footprint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87482\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhU9ha0AAroFr-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PIA said its cooperation with France encompasses several areas, including technical support, access to spare parts, fleet expansion and coordination with French civil aviation authorities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The national flag carrier also highlighted its longstanding relationship with Airbus, noting that Airbus aircraft constitute around 70 percent of PIA\u2019s fleet.<\/p>\n<p>PIA currently operates direct flights to Paris, while cooperation with France\u2019s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) remains an important component of its European aviation engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting reflected ongoing efforts to strengthen Pakistan-France aviation cooperation and support PIA\u2019s operational development and connectivity with European destinations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87483\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-1536x964.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-669x420.jpg 669w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-696x437.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-1068x670.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HTmhWI-b0AAPH8n-1920x1205.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Ambassador Jean-No\u00ebl Poirier meets PIA CEO AVM Amir Hayat; discussions focus on European connectivity, Airbus fleet, technical support and collaboration with French aviation authorities ISLAMABAD: French Ambassador to Pakistan Jean-No\u00ebl Poirier met Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat to discuss bilateral cooperation and opportunities to further strengthen PIA\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87487,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87480\/revisions\/87487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}