Pearl Air gets licence

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:48 am

KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has granted regular public transport licence to Pearl Air. Pearl Air is a part of Habib Alvi Group of Companies.

Source: The News (December 24, 2005)

Falcon598 · Post by **Falcon598** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:37 pm

Unless these airlines can modernize their fleets and upgrade their overall product, I think ED will just kill them.

Babushka99 · Post by **Babushka99** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:46 pm

You can see a crude version of their website at http://www.pearlair.com.pk - albeit most of the links don't work. I'm not sure if this is their official website or not. If it is - its horrible.

www.pearlair.com is simply parked.

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:33 pm

The website kinda looks like a direct copy of airblue website with a few tweaks to it. Now that the airline has finally been granted rights to fly, any idea on which aircrafts they will aquire ?

The 737-Adv they had painted is now in the hands of Shaheen Air ( I think ?)

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:36 am

LMAO

check this out

click on this

http://www.pearlair.com.pk/jpbs.htm

it takes you to the jobs page. *Not the work jobs writen as jpbs*

Click on Cockpit Crew Crew and then First Officer

You will find yourself at

http://www.airblue.com/Jobs/#2

Babushka99 · Post by **Babushka99** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:53 am

My contact at SITA (Corporate - not Pakistan) says an aplication query has been received for connectivity for a new airline from Karachi to be linked in the US with Saber (I think - cannot be 100% sure).

Connectivity, etc. all has to be up and running by 15th of Jan. Operational testing of their information systems would presumably be done immediately.

Give or take, the airline *might* (emphasis supplied) start operations end of Q1:2006.

Falcon598 · Post by **Falcon598** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:25 pm

AirBlue wrote:LMAO

check this out

click on this

http://www.pearlair.com.pk/jpbs.htm

it takes you to the jobs page. *Not the work jobs writen as jpbs*

Click on Cockpit Crew Crew and then First Officer

You will find yourself at

http://www.airblue.com/Jobs/#2

That is hilarious. They are having potential candidates apply at airblue. That is smart.

Boeing 787 · Post by **Boeing 787** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:43 am

Well many more airlines are opening e.g Deewan airlines etc.In future, I believe with seasonal passengers and Pakistani airlines totally dependant on routes where Pakistanis live, the airlines are reaching a 'saturation level' with less passengers most of the year and hell of airlines. The sleepy CAA should think of its own instead of following blindly the Indian aviation policy whose passengers and tourism level are far more higher than Pakistan

B777240ER · Post by **B777240ER** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:42 am

Why shouldn't CAA grant licences to airlines which it thinks will do good?

I think the more competition in Pakistan, the more E4,NL and PK will have to get their act together. Although some carriers may have to exit, increasing unemployment but thats what happens in a free market.

CAA is thinking in the interest of the public not the airlines.

Babushka99 · Post by **Babushka99** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:55 pm

Just got an update from my contact at SITA. The link inquiry was NOT from Pearl Air but from another airline/company thinking of starting operations. He did not divulge much more information than that.

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:34 pm

Could it be Deewan International Airlines, we heard about in flight International Magazine ?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:44 am

Huge ad by Pearl Air in today's (January 1, 2006) newspaper.

Website: www.pearlair.com.pk

R.F. · Post by **R.F.** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:08 pm

Any idea what package and T/C on offer for Captains and First Officers.
Thanks in advance.

cheetah · Post by **cheetah** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:16 pm

By the looks of the website. i think they need more than just good luck.

Babushka99 · Post by **Babushka99** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:34 pm

cheetah wrote:By the looks of the website. i think they need more than just good luck.

Couldn't have agreed with you more on that moot point.