Key Points (For All Competitive Exams)
➡ Orient Airways was Pakistan’s first commercial airline.
➡ It was nationalized in 1955.
➡ Merged with the newly formed Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC).
➡ The merger created Pakistan’s national flag carrier.
➡ This step unified civil aviation operations under one state-owned entity.
➡ Marked the official birth of PIA in 1955.