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Pakistan International Airlines Corporation
Annual Report 1999
CONTENTS
Notice of 43rd Annual General Meeting
Board of Directors and Management
Directors' Report
Highlights
Chairman's Review
Auditors' Report to the Members
Balance Sheet
Profit & Loss Account
Statement of Changes in Financial Position
Notes to the Accounts
Pattern of Shareholding
Statement Under Section 237 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984
Five Year Summary
NOTICE OF 43rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Pakistan
International Airlines Corporation will be held at 0900 hours on Saturday, 23rd September 2000, behind
Airport Hotel, Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, Karachi to transact the following business:
1. To confirm the Minutes of the 42rid Annual General Meeting held on 27th March 1999.
2. To receive and adopt the audited Accounts for the Financial Year ended 31st December 1999,
together with the Auditors' and Directors' Reports.
3. To elect two Directors against vacancies as required under Sections 6 & 7 of the PIAC Act, 1956,
in place of Mr. Shaukat Tarin and Mr. Mohammedmian Soomro who have resigned as Directors
PIAC Board.
4. To transact any other business which may legally be transacted at the Annual General Meeting, with
the permission of the Chair.
By Order of the Board
SALAHUDDIN
Karachi: 28th August, 2000 Secretary-PIAC
Notes:
1) Nomination for election of Directors should be filed so as to reach the office of Secretary-PIAC,
Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, Karachi by 1000 hours on Friday the 15th September, 2000, in
accordance with Rule No. 21 of PIAC Rules, 1958.
2) The Share Transfer Books of the Corporation will remain closed from 15th September 2000 to 29th
September, 2000 (both days inclusive). Transfer documents received in order upto 1730 hours
by 15th September 2000 will be in time for registration of transfer of shares.
3) A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting is entitled to appoint another
Shareholder as Proxy. Proxies and Powers of Attorney in order to be effective, must be deposited
at the Head Office of the Corporation not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the
Meeting i.e. up to 0900 hours 21st September 2000 unless the Power of Attorney has already been
registered in the Corporation books, and must be duly stamped, signed and witnessed.
4) Shareholders are requested to promptly notify any change in their addresses.
5) Entry at the Meeting place will start at 0730 hours and close at 0900 hours. Shareholders' cooper-
ation in this regard will be appreciated.
6) CDC account holders will further have to follow the under-mentioned guidelines as laid down in
Circular No. 1 dated 26th January, 2000 issued by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan.
A. For attending the meeting
i.  In case of Individuals, the account holder or sub-account holder and/or the    person whose secu-
rities are in group account and their registration details are uploaded as per the Regulations, shall
authenticate his Identity by showing his original National Identity Card (NIC) or original passport at
the time of attending the Meeting. The Shareholders registered on CDS are also requested to bring
their Participants I. D. numbers and account numbers in CDS.
ii. In case of a corporate entity, the Board or Directors' Resolution/Power of Attorney with specimen
signature of the nominee shall be produced (Unless it has been provided earlier) at the time of
Meeting.
B. For appointing Proxies:
i. In case or Individuals, the account holder or sub-account holder and/or the person whose secu-
rities are in group account and their registration details are uploaded as per the Regulations, shall
submit the proxy form as per the above requirement.
ii. The proxy form shall be witnessed by two persons whose names, addresses and NIC numbers shall
be mentioned on the form.
iii. Attested copies of NIC or the passport of the beneficial owners and the proxy shall be furnished with
the proxy form.
iv. The proxy shall produce his original NIC or original passport at the time of the Meeting.
v. In case of a corporate entity, the Board of Directors' Resolution/Power of Attorney with specimen
signatures of the proxy holder shall be submitted (unless it has been provided earlier alongwith
proxy form of the Company).
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nasim Rana
Secretary Defence & Chairman - PIAC
Mueen Afzal
Secretary General Finance
& Economic Affairs Division
Air Marshal Muhammad Farooq Qari
Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Air Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin
Director General CAA
Asad Ali Khan
M. H. K. Khaishgi
Dr. Salman Shah
Sher Afgan Malik
Managing Director - PIAC
Arif Majeed
Acting Director Finance
Salahuddin
Secretary - PIAC
Registered Office
PIA Building
Quaid-e-Azam International Airport
Karachi- Pakistan
MANAGEMENT
Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nasim Rana
Secretary Defence & Chairman - PIAC
Sher Afgan Malik
Managing Director
M. Rashid Hasan
Director Corporate Planning
M.F. Ansari
Director Special Projects
AVM S. J. Raza
Director Precision Engineering
Brig. Nayyar Afzal
Director Administration
Capt. Shahnawaz Dara
Acting Director Flight Operations
Nazir A. Kehar
Officiating Director Engineering
Sikandar Elahi
Acting Director Customer Services
DIRECTORS' REPORT
The Directors have pleasure in placing before you their report together with the Audited Accounts for
the year ended December 31, 1999.
ACCOUNTS (Rupees in million)
Loss for the year 1,453
Provision for taxation 599
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Loss after taxation 2,052
Loss brought forward 3,727
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Loss carried forward 5,779
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CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW
The Directors endorse the Chairman's Review
DIRECTORS
Since the last Annual General Meeting held on 27th March 1999, changes have occurred in the Board
of Directors of the Corporation. Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nasim Rana joined and Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi left the
Corporation as Chairman. Mr. Mueen Afzal, Air Marshal Muhammad Farooq Qari, Air Marshal (Retd)
Aliuddin, Mr. Arif Ali Khan Abbasi, Mr. Sher Afgan Malik, Mr. Asad Ali Khan, Mr. M. H. K. Khaishgi and
Dr. Salman Shah joined as Directors on the Board. During the period, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Iftikhar Ali Khan, Sirdar
Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Sardar Mansoor Hayat Tamman, Mr. Adnan Aurangzeb, Air Marshal (Retd) Dilawar
Hussain, Mr. S. A. Rahman, Syed Yawar Ali, Mr. Wasay Jalil, Mr. Arif Ali Khan Abbasi, Mr. Shaukat Tarin and
Mr. Mohammedmian Soomro relinquished the charge as Directors. The Board welcomes the new Directors
and offers thanks to the outgoing Directors.
AUDITORS' REPORT
The auditors' report to the members contain some observations which are explained hereunder:
(a) The auditors were unable to observe the taking of physical inventories of stores & spares as of
December 31, 1999 since they were appointed subsequent to the year end. Consequently the auditors
were unable to perform any cutoff procedures, since they were not able to note down the last document
numbers of the underlying records of the Corporation on that date. Due to the nature of the Corporation
record & quantum of stores and spares it was deemed inadvisable to perform taking of physical
inventories and cutoff procedures at a subsequent date and work back to the year-end.
(b) Without qualifying their opinion, the auditors have drawn attention to the accumulated loss and liquidity
problem of the Corporation. These Financial Statements have been prepared on a going concern basis
in view of the remedial steps being taken by the management of the Corporation explained in 1.2 of the
notes to the financial statements and as referred to in the Chairman's Review.
PATTERN OF SHAREHOLDING
The pattern of shareholding is available at Page No. 34
For and on behalf of the Board
Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nasim Rana
Chairman
HIGHLIGHTS
1999 * 1998
Revenue (Rs. in million) 35,492 52,308
Costs and expenditure (Rs. in million) 36,945 50,037
(Loss)/profit before taxation (Rs. in million) (1,453) 2,271
Net worth (Rs. in million) 2,236 4,288
Revenue passenger kilometres (000) 10,653,462 16,470,037
Passenger load factor 59.7% 66.7%
Revenue tonne kilometres (000) 1,306,518 2,084,938
Revenue load factor 51.0% 56.4%
*1998 figures are for Jul 97-Dec 98 period (18 months)
CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW
Dear Shareholders
It is my privilege to present the Corporation's Annual Report for the financial year 1999. This presentation
provides me an opportunity to update you on the state of the national airline, its recent performance, present
challenges and the strategy to address these challenges.
The financial results are summarized below:
1999 * 1998
(Rupees in thousand)
Revenue 35,492 52,308
Costs and expenditure 36,945 50,037
(Loss)/profit before taxation (1,453) 2,271
Provision for taxation 599 262
(Loss)/profit after taxation (2,052) 2,009
*1998 figures are for Jul 97-Dec 98 period (18 months).
The financial statements show an after tax loss of Rs. 2,052 million for the year which has been arrived at
after taking into account certain provisions/write offs in respect of investments and advances in loss
making subsidiaries (Rs 251 million), obsolescence in aircraft spares (Rs 472 million), amortisation/
charge off of cost of early retirement schemes (Rs 535 million) and Duty Free Shops (Rs 60 million).
The expenditures being reported include cost absorption of Rs 600 million on the Sabre project which did not
generate return in the year. Likewise the accounts include extraordinary income arising on disposal of Equant
(Sita) shares (Rs. 1224 million).
As required under revised International Accounting Standard 19, aggregate liability amounting to Rs 1,896
million for accumulated paid leave has been recognised which hitherto was being accounted on payment
basis. Accordingly, an amount of Rs 137 million has been charged against the current year's accounts and
the balance amount of Rs 1,759 million pertaining to prior years adjusted against the retained earnings. With
this adjustment and the current year's loss, the accumulated loss exceeds the available reserves by Rs 1,649
million.
Admittedly, the year under review was indeed a difficult period for the airline as major economic indicators
recorded a downturn. Adverse revenue performance, increase in operating costs and lack of operational
integrity combined to produce an unsatisfactory financial performance. Because of the loss situation, the
Corporation experienced acute pressure on its liquidity which necessitated resort to short term borrowing for
meeting operational commitments.
In order, however, to make a realistic assessment of the performance, financial results must be seen in the
backdrop of the adverse operating environment and unforeseen developments taking place in the year 1999
which restricted growth and hindered profitable operation.
As a sequel to the Government's new aviation policy, the opening of Northern gateways in early part of the
year unleashed fierce competition from local and foreign carriers causing capacity glut and consequent price
war. This change was something airline was unprepared for as the Northern gateways have been protected
traffic outlets. PIA's passenger traffic specially in the most lucrative markets flowing from these gateways
recorded a sharp drop which caused the system seat factor to fall to 60% This fall was accompanied by a
substantial drop in yields as PIA tried to retain its market share by reducing fares and responding to
competitor's fare war.
In addition to above, the security concerns flowing from the tension in the region in the wake of the Kargil
crisis caused many ethnic passengers to postpone their travel plans which induced a nosedive in PIA's
carriage during the peak summer season. The freight traffic also did not perform satisfactorily owing to
capacity constraint on passenger aircraft and non-availability of dedicated freighter service. As a result, the
freight revenues recorded a sizeable drop. Thus the required improvement in transport revenues did not
materialise.
The airline's operating cost structure was adversely affected in the second half from the sharp increase in the
price of fuel. This increase pushed up the airlines fuel bill by Rs. 1.3 billion compared to the first half. The
additional cost from fuel remained unrecovered as the low tariff structure was maintained. The airline was
also loaded with additional cost incurred on the implementation of the Sabre project which remained
unremunerated during the year.
The aforesaid factors adversely affected the profitability of the Corporation and caused a loss situation. A
positive development during the year was the induction of five Cathy Pacific B747-300 aircraft on lease to
replace PIA's own aging B747-200 aircraft. The induction of these aircraft has enabled PIA's product to be
comparable with its competitors in the key markets where these have been deployed. This has positioned
the airline to be able to vigorously exploit growth potential in these markets.
The airline aggressively responded to the adverse performance in 1999 by taking a number of corrective
measures and formulating a business plan to overcome the losses so as to put the Corporation on the path
of profitable growth and healthier cash flows. As part of this plan, the airline has focussed attention on
restructuring and rationalising its routes network by redeployment of fleet to profitable routes and by closing
down uneconomical routes/sectors.
In pursuance of this strategy, loss making services to Amman, Cairo, Damascus, Nairobi, Zurich, Male,
Almaty, Baku and Tehran have already been discontinued. The capacity retrieved from this closure has been
redeployed on profitable routes. Manchester with full traffic rights has replaced Shannon as a transit point on
its North American services thus providing opportunity for additional revenue growth. Services to Tripoli and
Hongkong have been started while additional flights to London have been mounted. Birmingham has been
introduced as an additional point in UK. Operations in Far East have been restructured in line with traffic
demand. In response to excess capacity deployment by competitors on Gulf region, PIA has also mounted
additional capacity to counter competition there and contain loss of market share. The airline is determined
to retain itself as a major operator in the Gulf region.
The airline has also revised the tariff structure introduced in 1999 based on the then prevailing low oil prices
and this now has been implemented. Accordingly, yield increase has been achieved on all International
sectors from June.2000. Likewise, Domestic tariff has been revised from 16th August 2000.
Management's focus thus is on a revenue led recovery to pull out the airline from the present financial
situation. This is being achieved through a combination of higher traffic growth by retrieval of lost market
share and increase in fares which have recently been implemented. To support marketing efforts in
achieving enhanced revenue performance, the airline is paying attention on improving level of services
specially in the area of reservation, check-in and inflight as these have been the source of much passenger
complaints.
To contain expenditure level, strict austerity measures have been imposed while wage revisions have been
frozen. In addition, Management is pushing ahead with the rightsizing of offices/manpower abroad as well
as closure of non- productive offline stations. Rationalisation/restructuring of domestic operations is being
examined with the view to reduce losses.
High fuel prices continue to be a source of considerable concern as this is adversely impacting on a
financial turnaround. Airlines fuel bill in the last six months has more than doubled from this level of prices.
I am happy to state that aircraft utilisation has been optimised as a result of routes rationalisation and the
extra capacity is being managed through existing fleet. As a result of the management's strenuous efforts for
reorganisation and restructuring the activities, and implementing a new marketing strategy, passenger
traffic has picked up since January 2000 and in the last three months it is showing growth of over 15%. The
increase in fares, though belated, will enable recovery onwards of the enhanced fuel cost which has been
badly hurting the airline. The impact of measures already implemented and those under implementation will
come in the second half of year 2000. Management is hopeful that the airline will be able to restore its
profitable path soon.
The issue of cash flow constraint is being vigorously addressed by pursuing the following strategy:
* Restructuring of some of the short term debt.
* Disinvestment of PIA-IL as a matter of priority. As an interim measure airline is pursuing PIA-IL
to arrange return of PIA's USS 61 million which it advanced in 1997 and the funds are expected
shortly.
* Sale of surplus B747-200 aircraft/spares.
* Disposal of non-productive investments.
The aviation industry worldwide is presently characterised by increasing deregulation and cut throat
competition. For PIA, the new operating climate offers much challenge as well as immense opportunities for
profitable growth. The airline has to prepare itself for even fiercer competition in the new millennium where the
survival of the fittest will mean a high degree of operational discipline, rigorous cost efficiency and excellent
service standards to achieve a competitive edge. This requires doing away with inertia and complacency. A
futuristic approach with stress on innovation and change is the call of the day. Fortunately, the airline has the
ability and resilience to meet the challenges of the new millennium.
I am confident that with the continued support of Government of Pakistan, traditional Bankers, our valued customers
and shareholders, we shall Inshallah be able to bring about a turnaround in the near future.
Yours sincerely
Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nasim Rana
Chairman
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
We have audited the annexed Balance Sheet of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation as at December
31, 1999 and the related Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement together with the notes forming
part thereof, for the year then ended and we state that we have obtained all the information and explanations
which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit and, after
due verification thereof, we report that:
a) we did not observe the taking of physical inventories of stores and spares as of December 31, 1999
since that date was prior to the date of our appointment as auditors of the Corporation. We were
also unable to perform any cut-off procedures, since we were not able to note down the last
document numbers of the underlying records of the Corporation on that date. Owing to the nature
of the Corporation's record of stores and spares, we were unable to satisfy ourselves. as to the
quantities of stores and spares by other alternative auditing procedures;
b) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Corporation as required by the
Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Act, 1956 and rules made thereunder and the
Companies Ordinance, 1984;
c) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account together with the notes thereon have
been drawn up:
i) in conformity with the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Act, 1956;
ii) in conformity with the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and are in agreement with the books
of account and are in accordance with accounting policies consistently applied except for
the changes as referred in notes 2.11 and 2.12, with which we concur;
d) in our opinion:
i) the expenditure incurred during the year was for the purpose of the Corporation's
business; and
ii) the business conducted, investments made and the expenditure incurred during the year
were in accordance with the objects of the Corporation;
e) except for the effects of adjustments, if any, that might have been determined to be necessary in
view of the matters stated in paragraph (a) above, in our opinion and to the best of our information
and according to the explanations given to us, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and the
Cash Flow Statement, together with the notes forming part thereof, give the information required
by the Companies Ordinance, 1984 in a manner so required and respectively give a true and fair
view of the state of the Corporation's affairs as at December 31, 1999 and of the loss and the cash
flows for the year then ended;
f) in our opinion, no Zakat was deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980;
Without qualifying our opinion we draw attention to:
i) note 1.2 to the financial statements wherein it is described that the Corporation has incurred signif-
icant losses and its current liabilities exceeded its current assets as at December 31, 1999. These
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis in view of the mitigating factors
described in the aforesaid note.
ii) note 19.1 of the accounts, which explains the reason for deferral and amortization of the cost
incurred on Mandatory and Voluntary Golden Handshake Scheme.
M.YOUSUF ADIL SALEEM & CO. SIDAT HYDER QAMAR & CO.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
Karachi: August 24, 2000
BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31, 1999
1999 1998 1999
Note (Rupees in thousand) (US$ in thousand)
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS
Share capital 3 3,884,618 3,884,618 75,210
Reserves 4,130,712 4,130,712 79,975
Accumulated loss (5,779,450) (3,727,336) (111,896)
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4 2,235,880 4,287,994 43,289
SURPLUS ON REVALUATION OF FIXED ASSETS 5 4,858,652 5,709,640 94,069
REDEEMABLE CAPITAL 6 3,461,242 1,456,176 67,013
LONG-TERM LOANS 7 504,270 627,774 9,763
OBLIGATIONS UNDER FINANCE LEASE 8 5,929 -- 115
OBLIGATIONS UNDER HIRE PURCHASE 9 5,889,343 7,394,466 114,024
LONG-TERM DEPOSITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES 10 3,883,961 3,435,092 75,198
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current portion of long-term debts 6-to-9 4,264,409 3,399,521 82,564
Short-term loans 11 5,934,849 6,237,246 114,905
Creditors, accrued expenses and other liabilities 12 10,415,218 8,717,192 201,650
20,614,476 18,353,959 399,119
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS 13
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41,453,753 41,265,101 802,590
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FIXED ASSETS
Operating assets 14 24,142,667 25,109,750 467,428
Capital work-in-progress 15 48,644 49,053