Its probably not the easiest of jobs in the world becoming a travel agent let alone a Pia – Pakistan international airlines travel agent, however due to increasing demand and passenger numbers going up exponentially year on year and and the preference for Pia flights becoming a first choice for travelers to Pakistan, it is probably one of the most demanding and challenging roles in today’s travel market.
As Pia currently offer the only direct non stop flights into pakistan from the UK it is without a doubt the most desired airline for the Pakistani communities throughout the UK, evidently the Pakistani population living in England has proliferated over the decades now being almost well above 500,000 residing in nearly all parts of the United Kingdom including the most populous being the infamous regions of Bradford, Birmingham, Luton, Halifax, Oldham, Manchester and the vast majority of cities now consisting of around 10-15,000 Pakistani’s even in small towns and cities i.e. Derby, Burton On Trent, Lichfied, Tamworth, Nottingham, Dudley, Walsall, Worcester and other parts of England, Scotland and Wales now having on average more Pakistani communities living among them than ever before.
Since demand for air travel has been a matter of supply the need for travel agents specialising in airfares to all over Pakistan not only to Islamabad (capital City) but the likes of Lahore, karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan are becoming increasingly popular due to the numbers migrating to the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It clearly appears that statistically there is high volumes of traffic to and from Pakistan requiring a number of new pia travel agents to cope with today’s much needed demand.
A Pia travel agent will require excellent communication skills, excellent customer service skills and most of all be able to speak multiple languages as commonly spoken within the Pakistani communities, the most spoken of them all is Urdu as well as Punjabi, Mirpuri and Pushto spoken by a vast majority of the people from south central Asia regions including Afghanistan, South Iran, Tajikistan, and in most parts of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.
A Travel agent specialising in this niche will not normally be required to take up specilialist training courses within the travel industry unless they are able to invest a substantial amount in becoming an accredited travel agent which requires rigorous training apart from  the financial criteria, which in this current financial climate may not be a feasible option for those not having any experience, training or the funds required to progress in this area. The good news is that to become a Pia travel agent without having any of the above it is still a very achievable prospect as most major travel agents i.e. Mushtaq Travel can assist with the whole process of setting up your own travel agency with minimum of resources.
It is very important for those seeking a role in this challenging and dynamic industry to have the motivation and urge to succeed as this role can be very exhausting even at the best of times.
Getting started: It is important to make contact with an established travel agent to discuss your options in more detail and get to know more about this business before committing to purchasing your own premises, some travel agent work from home and make a decent income whilst not being tied to unnecessary overheads i.e bills, rent, mortage etc.. however for those wanting to excel in this area should consider taking up work experience with a travel agency and get the feel of things before making that all important step in training as this can cost a substantial amount of money.
It is very advisable to get some first hand experience before taking this up as a career as it may not be suitable or appealing to everyone, although those with some qualification can excel into other fields within the travel industry i.e. by taking specialist reservation systems training in Sabre  Galileo  Amadeus or world span global distribution systems, these are used by almost all travel agents and airlines throughout the world, if you are interested in taking up these courses you can speak with your travel agent who may be able to arrange a fresher course for you although you should try and make your own inquires on the internet and find suitable classes and training courses that may be offered for beginners. if your in the UK you can obtain further information by visiting the ABTA website the association of British travel agents and get some further information.
Mushtaq Travel will be happy to point you in the right direction, simply email us and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
I am interested in becoming an agent please advise on how this would work
I am interested in becoming a booking agent working from home. Please provide information about it. I am in Mississauga Canada.
Hi. I am interested in becoming an agent working from home. it would be most helpful if could give me some advise on how to set about this.
Many Thanks
Shabina
i have intrest in pia and would like to work from home provide me with information to set up the system from home thank you my home town is bradford
i want bcome travel agent for PIA i m living in saudia arabia i have agency (Awan Travel) i m agnet for Airblue and Shaheen airline so plz kindly give me compleet information its a important for me to bcome PIA agent b coz i have many customer waiting for ur reply
hello i am interested travel agent i have full experiance in tickets my own office i need a pia software can you help me please
Hello Sir,
I want to open new travel agency in pakistan Quetta kindly advise me how to start work with pia send me complete information about it
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Need info on becoming a PIA ticket agent
im intrsted in how i become pia travel agent plz guide me early
hi i just did sabre course and want to work with someone to gain practical experience to become an agent if you could help me with that it would really means allot to me and pls let me how become a sub agent. thanks
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I am very much interested in becoming a PIA Cargo Agent in United Kingdom, kindly advise me how to start work with PIA send me complete information about it.
Thanks & Regards,
Salman Moin
Assalam-o-Alaikum, My name is Ghulam Raza Qazi and I want to become a travelling agent in Rawalpindi. Although I am a qualified person having the degree of MS in management sciences but I have NIL experience in this field.
salaam i want to know how much cost would be to start small travel agency from home uk
Hi I have an immigration office and would like to do travel as well can you give me advice on how to get started
I would like some information on becoming a pia travel agent and working from home ..
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Amran
Please advise as how can I become travel agent while working from home as I have good experience in sabre and would like to establish myself.
Good Evening,
I am interested in becoming an agent for PIA working from home and would be grateful for some information.
Hello I would like information on how to become a pia ticket agent either working from home or setting up a office as I have a Asian clothes shop and I am thinking of doing a partition and making a ticket office along side with my taxi company I am based in peterborough
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Hi sir,
Hope you doing good, I’m interested to start work from home would you be able to put me in right direction.
I did ticketing course at Lahore and worked in travel agency for few months , I worked two years is SAPS Lahore Airport, I have 9 years experience in Customs clearing agency job . I want to work as PIA virtual Agent at home , so please can you guide me, thanks
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I would like to become a travel agent in South Yorkshire.I also want to established an office cooperation regarding this would be really appreciated.
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Hi,
I am a travel agent from Malaysia who is a jv between a Muslim and Non Muslim. I am Gevari who is the non Muslim Director and I am in charge of ticketing whilst my partner who is Muslim will be in charge of the financial and overall aspects of the company. In view of this, would like to seek advise on how to become one of the ticketing agents in Pakistan Airlines as I have increasing demand for ticketing ie Malaysia to Pakistan and return from those foreign workers residing in Malaysia. Please advise me via email at ***//removed//***
Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.
Hi,
I am interested to become a travel agent for PIA. As a business we have all the required Customer service and representative skills that are essential as a business, so we would be looking to join PIA to grow our business further.
I already have my own business set up so can you please contact me further to advise the best possible way forward.
Many Thanks and Looking Forward In Hearing From You.
The Noor Travel Team.
Slam,how do i become agent for pia please.
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