PIA Training Center (PTC) is an institution of comprehensive instruction dedicated to impart quality training in all the major areas associated with civil air transport. Established in 1960, PIA Training Centre is the leading Institution in the region. The association has one of the most advanced Airline training infrastructures approved by local and international regulatory authorities such as PCAA (Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority), ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) and IATA (International Air Transport Association). In addition the only PCAA approved ANO-147 Training institute in the region.
At PIA Training Centre (PTC), specialist instructors are assigned to impart rigorous training to those who fly, those who provide front line Airport Services, as well as to those who service and maintain various types of aircraft (A-300, A-310, A-320, B-747-200, B-737 and B-777). The training aids and equipment used are the latest; and the methods of knowledge and skill transfer adopted are varied and pragmatic in approach. Classroom lectures are augmented by group discussion, observations, experiments, simulations, case studies, etc. Study tours to a number of PIA facilities are regularly conducted and seminars on topics of general interest are frequently convened.