Innovation. Good thinking!

Best of luck

Aalaaa !

Lovely

V nice.

The only work that PIA could do.

Another way of increasing PIA revenue , Good job !

Finally some one shows some good sense and utilizes this old plane for karachi entertainment starved public.

Very good innovation, is local public has access to visit and dine, that has to be seen

Good utilisation of the old plane .

PIA should have given this retired Jumbo to 'Civil Aviation Museum', instead of giving it for ASF's restaurant on airport premises, now restaurant garbage will attract birds, a serious hazard for aircraft. Old aircraft should be preserved as our aviation heritage.

good use of an old stuff........................good luck to buyers.

So instead of using it for anti-terrorism training, the ASF are utilizing it as a restaurant now?

what is security forces has to do with restaurant. Should have used for training purposes (rescue hijacked plane may be).

Looks very impressive from inside.My congratulations to the Owner who came up with this idea.No doubt it is going to be very popular.This is what I would call modern thinking.

When I was working with PIA(1964-1972) the slogan was "Great People to fly with PIA", Thanks to our government and PIA management, now the slogan should be changed to "Hungry people to eat with PIK(Pakistan International Kitchen)". It looks like PIA will do better in restaurant business. There are millions of people, waiting for good food.

If PIA converts all its planes to restaurants, may be it will come out of red...and make some profit..!!

very good change

Who cares about security training for which this plane was donated to ASF? This way, a PIA plane will make money by not taking off.

Old railway bogies should also be used for the same purpose.

That the most productive thing PIA has done in a very long time.

What a brilliant idea.

as per comments everybody is praisng PIA its not PIA but airport security who has done it but security force should have used it to train for hijacking ect, which was its original purpose

Interesting comments ...folks ..was that plane a private property of PIA ...who decides to give it away to whom ...so many question runs through my mind ..

Too bad. This is not the way

@Ali ...Real Pakistani crying and never happy with anything

But, what was the junk price of the aircraft? It could have been converted into much better use. For example, its engines could have been used to generate electricity. Remember, when first Boeing 707 was added to the fleet of PIA in 60's, it included the example that, its powerful engines were capable of generating enough electricity to light an average city! And, 747 is almost 4 times more powerful than 707.

@Jamil Soomro, NEW YORK CITY "Innovative thinking"? Really? Do you drive from New Jersey to eat at JFK airport? The business model doesn't make sense and there is hardly anything innovative and attractive about sitting inside a rusty old plane to eat some bland overpriced meal, while you struggle to peak through tiny windows, only to see occasional Gulf Carriers come and go, while PIA itself is nearly on its death bed!? Does that excite you at all?? Does anyone enjoy dining like that at an Airport, even when one is stressed with Travel?

@M.Saeed I'm more inclined to think that this jet comes sans engine, which have already outlived their usefulness. So the Engines have been either sold or have been canabalized for parts for operational jets.

PIA looking its bright future to offer services in jumbo cart at public parks instead of an air line

Beautifully done! Thanks Dawn for sharing this.

Well done. Now turn the rest of the planes into guest houses. They are very unsafe and too risky to fly with.

PIA donated that for counter terrorism exercises and ASF converted it into restaurant? Where ASF is getting funds to invest in businesses? I wonder how much is being spent on business ventures out of Rs.970 Billion hard earned taxpayer's money.

right. our tax money now a private business venture of the certain few?

Great idea. looks beautiful. hope no politician is involved

People usually seek romantic, relaxing, picturesque locations to dine. That's why even old ships converted to restaurants on river, or harbor are popular, as are trains which are moving with view of the lovely landscape or the sea ore also popular. Who wants to go to an airport to sit inside an old plane, parked on a concrete apron with nothing to look at except more concrete or the walls. I bet even the food in this joint is over priced and nothing to brag about - unless you have heard anyone lauding PIA catering and in-flights meals? Where do you suppose the meals are cooked or the chefs hail from in this joint?? Never seen anything as silly as this before. Thoughtless business idea.

@ABE - Definitely, it is not a bad idea to use an old and discarded plane, but my concern is when it is run by a government agency, it is always run i loss. Take all the cases of government owned steel mills, etc.

Are they going to serve food from PIA kitchen? Then, I would stay away from this restaurant.

Not bad, very innovative

But I see the aircraft was donated to ASF for anti terrorism training purpose, hope they got the approvals and permissions to convert it into a restaurant..

@ABE I think you are just jealous of this man who has come up with this idea and turned his idea into reality. You are narrow minded,broaden your thinking.Since this has been done by a Pakistani it makes you unhappy but if it had been done by a foreigner by now you would have been praising him? Elementary?

@Jamil Soomro, NEW YORK CITY - What a juvenille comment. Why would anyone be jealous of a business which makes little sense? You must be living near the airport so or connected with this gang? Otherwise won't be zealous with your diatribe and nonsense. Of course, we do expect you to fly from New York and make an effort to eat inside this rust bucket as soon as you land!?? Hmmm.....

@Morning Star if you flown before, you would have noticed that all airlines buy their food from the vendors, which is also of cheap quality. You don't know how old that food has been sitting in their frozen compartment.

If you ever visited PIA kitchen at Karachi Airport, or dined at ordinary Pakistani restaurant, you would avoid this joint like the rest. PIA Catering was never considered the best - like Emirates. I expect hygiene standards in this rust bucket to be eve lower and quality not much better than what you would eat on a PIA flight. The average cost (production cost to PIA) per meal for is Rs 25. Do you expect a gourmet meal? Though I have little doubt that each dish will start at Rs 500 in this parked plane restaurant. Therefore 2-3 months later this plane will be converted yet again as a playground prop for kids. with slide shuts and fake similulators installed.

excellent

All PIA plane should trun in to restaurant they can make more money

In India these experiments were quite successful. In Ludhiana we have got a restaurant from an old boeing. Restaurant is always full capacity with one hour waiting time in the evenings. Boeing was cut into pieces and transported and reassembed.. It is on road side near punjab govt milk plant.

@Ali very very right

the idea is not original, you can see a similar setup at Shangrilla, Skardu

Opening up a restaurant in a high security area where entry is restricted for majority civilians most of the time around the year. Sounds like a great business plan!! A great initiative ASF in improving airport's security

For those who are praising it as a good business model don't know the location of this plane / restaurant is very bad in terms of customers attention. It's situated in old area of Malir behind the Jinnah terminal. I hardly expect a few customers who can visit from far away localities. I didn't see the proper car parking too.

Great idea. Hope it succeeds.

Please don't tell me they moved it to Tariq road. Another thing, seriously though, where is this plane/restaurant? Hope its not still sitting at the airport, how do they plan to keep the security at the airport if you got people coming to eat at the airport?

Let us convert all PIA planes into restaurants. Hopefully PIA will earn some revenue. By the way if ASF and other security forces start focussing on their job (rather than looking into opportunities to start new business) we can avoid the embarrassment when heroin is recovered from PIA planes.

Breath of fresh air, well done and keep the spirit up

Its very great idea

I am very disappointed to see this utter nonsense & pathetic money grabbing idea. Instead of making measures to uplift the image & dignity of the flag carrier, they are selling its image. Conservative leaders, conservative approach.

hahaha ... Only think we need in Pakistan is a "restaurant." ...Eat, Eat and bas Eat...

PIA with her finacial losses crossing all boundries is in no position to donate anything to anyone.

Boeing 747 ,a reminiscent of an era when PIA was comparatively profitable organisation than it is now! Now, PIA cannot afford to go for planes like Airbus A380 which almost costs the same as selling price of PIA itself!!!! No Airport in Pakistan is capable to allow landing of mighty Airbus A380!!!

If you do it with rest of the planes PIA will be profitable

who is benefiting financially from this restaurant????? that is the key question

Core business declining so they are resorting to anything Tay could make them sometimes money. By them, I mean people who are running the show, not PiA

Eat or train. The same thing.

Great idea and very nicely done . Why are we assuming that the plane was flight worthy and the engines were not sold . This is likely just scrap metal with the shape of a plane that has been elegantly redesigned. The queen Mary an iconic ship is now a hotel in Long Beach CA : The access to this should be outside the airport and would make a great theme restaurant

Haha.. Great! Stepped by ASF

@Khurshid : many countries in Western Africa has done the same innovation 10 year's back

@J. Gamble it (Train old boogies) can also be donated to the poor ones to use it as a home

Innovative and positive.

Creative idea + implementation. I am fond of visiting/ dining in this restaurant with my husband and son.

Salute + Hats Off to creator.

Good Move by ASF.

No doubt its good idea but I wish, security WALAS should focus on security issues instead of running restaurants etc. I am not sure about its legal status as well.

Its very Sad. WAs given to ASF for the Training purpose. Even if its being dismantled it wld had fetched a good amount of money. Check the videos on Discovery about the dismantling of the B-747 and its uses and the amount they are getting after dismantling it.

What a complete waste of tax payers money. ASF should have used the plane as a security resource .

good idea... making something productive from retired plane... Seems cool

PIA is running in loss so in order to earn more profits they should turn all their planes to restaurants :P

Good Action

Good idea we should appreciate the creativity instead of criticising because some efforts taken by pIA.

Everything commercialized. Instead of imparting training they are now using to earn money. It is sad state of affairs as everywhere things are commercialized. How we would get rid from it.

At least this will make some profit!

Good initiative by ASF. Whether it would be accessible to public and how it would be maintained? The plane use to park at planetarium remained in bad shape. Regards.

There is already one such Boeing 747 converted to hotel in Europe (Amsterdam?)

This is good development to reshape the plane to a restaurant, but this is unfair for closing the route from Habib University towards KalaChapra(Colony Gate) for joining Shahra e Faisal, We demand to concerned authority to make a double standard road .

What business does a Security Agency have in running a commercial enterprise like a restaurant.

Great idea. Suggest PIA does same with the rest of the fleet - given their performance in the sky.

A good way to fund for their expenses. All government depts. should take the initiative like that.

I am perplexed. Why would anyone change the very reason why the plane was donated in the first place? Certainly ASF could have used the plane for training purposes for the benefit of thousands of passengers that they are responsible for the safety of, rather than changing it for pleasure for a few! Can somebody answer that?

@Aleem New Airport in Islamabad which will inaugurat on 14 August as planned, is capable of mighty AirBus 380 landing.

@Jamil Akhtar -In USA, there are mobile homes in almost in every big city.They are mounted on wheels, and can be moved from one place to the other. They have to go to specific place, where they are connected to water, electricity and sewage services. The company charge the owners for using their land.

Good idea. BD had turned one cyclone stranded ship into restaurant few years back . Wasn't much of a success. Let's hope this one is.

Genius idea!

It's just terrible.

One at Food Street Gawalmandi Lahore is awaited. please..

Good idea, keep up quality at moderate price. Airport security should not be compromised.