AirBlue Starting Lahore to Riyadh via Sialkot Flights

[Abbas Ali]

Seems airblue is planning to start flights for Sialkot with Airbus A320 family aircraft.

The airline is hiring following personnel to be based at Sialkot Airport:

Aircraft Engineer - Aerospace
Aircraft Engineer - Avionics
Cleaner / Helper
Junior Technician - Aerospace
Senior Technician - Aerospace
Senior Technician - Avionics
Store Keeper
Cabin Crew - Trainee

Info Source: http://www.airblue.com/jobs/

Abbas

[mughal skt]

airblue start new flights from sialkot. Anyone know about this ?

[Abbas Ali]

Airblue is starting flights between Sialkot and Riyadh in April, according to following advertisement in today's (March 23) newspaper.

The photo shows Pakistan flag painted on sharklet of an airblue Airbus A320-200.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

airblue twice a week flights between Lahore and Riyadh via Sialkot starting from April 16, 2015.

Flight Number: PA-974
Days of Operation: Thursday & Sunday
Route: Lahore - Sialkot - Riyadh
Departure from Lahore: 4:45 AM
Arrival at Sialkot: 5:30 AM
Departure from Sialkot: 6:30 AM
Arrival at Riyadh: 9:00 AM

Flight Number: PA-975
Days of Operation: Thursday & Sunday
Route: Riyadh - Sialkot - Lahore
Departure from Riyadh: 10:00 AM
Arrival at Sialkot: 4:15 PM
Departure from Sialkot: 5:15 PM
Arrival at Lahore: 6:00 PM

Source: airblue.com

airblue also operates non-stop flights between Lahore and Riyadh every Monday and Saturday.

Abbas

[jam2k94]

Good move if they continue and make proper marketing for this flight

[bigfish]

do they have enough aircraft with all these expansion plans?

[Abbas Ali]

^ Presently following nine Airbus aircraft are performing airblue flights:

airblue Airbus A320-200 registration AP-EDA.
airblue Airbus A320-200 registration AP-EDD.
airblue Airbus A320-200 registration AP-EDG.
airblue Airbus A320-200 registration AP-EDH.

Windrose Airbus A321-200 registration UR-WRH.
Windrose Airbus A321-200 registration UR-WRI.
Windrose Airbus A321-200 registration UR-WRJ.
Windrose Airbus A321-200 registration UR-WRO.
Windrose Airbus A330-200 registration UR-WRQ.

These look enough for airblue's current route network.

Abbas

[bigfish]

Thank you Abbas for the fleet information.

[Abbas Ali]

^ You're welcome.

airblue website promoting airline's direct flights between Sialkot and Riyadh.


Source: airblue.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

airblue Airbus A320-214 registration AP-EDG performed airline's inaugural flight PA-974 from Lahore to Riyadh via Sialkot today.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-edg/

Abbas

[Hamad]

Airblue Inaugural Flight today at SKT

(Source: Instagram)

[Hamad]

Here are some more shots from yesterdays inaugural flight

Airblue A320 getting Water Canon Salute at SKT










And here is a video where the A320 is taxiing into its parking position.
https://www.facebook.com/SialkotInterna ... main_video

Source: Sialkot Intl Airport Official FB Page

[raihans]

some more pics at this link:

[Abbas Ali]

In topic on following link are photos of airblue Airbus A320 flight between Riyadh and Lahore via Sialkot performed on July 12, 2015.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23444

Abbas

[Bluemax]

Here are some more shots from yesterdays inaugural flight

Airblue A320 getting Water Canon Salute at SKT










And here is a video where the A320 is taxiing into its parking position.
https://www.facebook.com/SialkotInterna ... main_video

Source: Sialkot Intl Airport Official FB Page

Capt Farooq Iqbal operated this flight (Played a Famous Role in PTV Drama Rashid Minhas Shaheed with Marina Khan in 1985).