With a good mix of professional cabin crew having diverse backgrounds enriched with relevant experiences, PIA's in-flight services are poised to become second to none with national carrier's in-flight hospitality flying high in the sky.
This was stated by Syed Farooq Hussein Shah, Deputy Managing Director, PIA, at the passing out ceremony of first batch of 19 foreign flight stewardesses (airhostesses) hired from Malaysia and Thailand at PIA Training Center, Karachi.
This was in the line with PIA's vision to become a truly world class carrier catering to a global passenger base in addition to the ethnic ones, he pointed out.
He said this would help attract international passengers by overcoming the language barrier and create welcoming atmosphere with native flight stewardesses on board while simultaneously portraying a progressive and global face of the airline.
The foreign flight stewardesses are now being hired by PIA after a period of almost twenty years, he added. The national carrier has started a campaign to hire fight stewardesses (airhostesses) from numerous international destinations where the PIA flights operate.
Accordingly, interviews have been conducted in various countries for hiring native flight stewardesses, including Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Greece and Germany with other countries in the pipeline.
The second batch, comprising Japanese flight stewardesses, currently under training, was also present at the ceremony along with other senior officials of PIA. Farooq Shah later distributed certificates among passing out batch of air stewardesses.