As a part of our curriculum and to have
better understanding of airfreight,
warehousing, and cargo management a
delegates of over 100 students from
Dynamics of Logistics & Distribution and
MBA Executive - Supply Chain Management classes
of IBA taken extensive trip to the
Jinnah Terminal.
During our visit to the terminal we have
been given an extensive highly
interactive presentation by Mr. Afsar
Malik a Guru on Aviation and Cargo
management industry in Pakistan.
1. Few of the pickup points to the trip
is that over 600 flights from the
different country cross our country
border and this is the largest portion
of the income in the aviation in
Pakistan.
2. PIA owes over 27 billion to Civil
Aviation. This can represent how bad
cash flow situation would have been to
cop up even the repairs and maintenance
projects.
3. Entire Cargo handling is outsourced
this is not in line with the rest of the
world
4. Capacity utilization of Jinnah
Terminal is below 60%
5. In last three years domestic business
is almost static due to higher inflation
and people preference of travelling
through road
6. International Aviation shows meager
increase in volume which can hardly coup
up the inflationary trend in the country
7. There are 44 airports in Pakistan.
Out of which 27 are operational.
However, 4 airports are having
capabilities of handling international
traffic and cargo.
Overall the trip went very well and it
was quite knowledgeable.
At the end we agreed with the following
action points with CAA
1. There will be another trip of the
best CGPA students maximum 20 to have
Ariel and Rader view - installation.
2. CAA will allocate couple of MBA
projects for our students.
3. There will be an opportunity of six
week internship program for IBA
students.
At the end I like to thanks the
administration of IBA for a wonderful
arrangement and also give my high
compliment to Mr. Anis ur Rehman GM
Finance of CAA without his
recommendation it would have not been
possible to have a such a wonderful trip