Serene Air Boeing 737 Flies to Istanbul for Maintenance Checks

[Abbas Ali]

On February 13, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC was ferried as flight ER5001 from Karachi to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Turkey, to undergo maintenance checks.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC as ferry flight ER5001 from Karachi landing at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Turkey, on February 13, 2020.

Photo: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Serene- ... /5887409/L

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air flights schedule is disturbed due to unavailability of aircraft.

Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC is in Istanbul for maintenance checks.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bnc

And, delivery of airline's fourth Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNB is apparently delayed. AP-BNB is in Oslo.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bnb

Currently following two Serene Air Boeing 737-800s are performing airline's revenue flights.

AP-BNA
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bna

AP-BND
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bnd

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Today, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC arrived in Karachi (KHI) as ferry flight ER5002 from Istanbul (SAW) via Ankara (ESB).

For some reason, the aircraft returned to Turkish airspace after entering Iranian airspace and landed in Ankara. It had departed from Istanbul.


Source: flightradar24.com

Apparently, the aircraft stayed in Ankara for about three hours & twenty minutes before resuming ferry flight to Karachi.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BNA) has departed from Karachi as ferry flight ER5003.


Source: flightradar24.com

Probably the aircraft is going to Turkey to undergo maintenance checks.

Meanwhile, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BNC) resumed operating commercial flights for the airline when it departed from Karachi at 7:12 PM as flight ER524 to Lahore. The flight was scheduled to depart at 7:00 PM. AP-BNC had arrived in Karachi earlier today as ferry flight from Istanbul via Ankara after undergoing maintenance checks.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BNA) has landed at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport as ferry flight ER5003 from Karachi.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

On March 5, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BND) departed from Karachi as ferry flight ER5005 to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

On March 7, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BNA) departed from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport as ferry flight ER5004. The aircraft was ferried to Istanbul on February 27.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

On March 8, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BNA) arrived at Karachi Airport at 4:16 AM as ferry flight ER5004 from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BND) photographed at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Turkey, where it went to undergo maintenance checks performed by myTECHNIC (mytechnic.aero)

The aircraft was ferried from Karachi to Istanbul as flight ER5005 on March 5, 2020.

AP-BND by Ilgaz DEGER, on Flickr

EC-MJX by Ilgaz DEGER, on Flickr

Ltfj by Ilgaz DEGER, on Flickr

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

On July 6, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 (registration AP-BND) arrived in Karachi as ferry flight ER5004 from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.

The aircraft resumed operating revenue flights for Serene Air when it departed from Karachi as flight ER520 to Lahore on July 7.


Source: flightradar24.com

AP-BND was ferried to Istanbul from Karachi on March 5 for maintenance and apparently got stranded in Istanbul due to COVID-19.

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