Sehwan Sharif Airport Rehabilitation Being Considered

[Abbas Ali]

Today, meeting between delegations of Government of Sindh led by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Aviation Ministry led by Aviation Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique discussed possible rehabilitation of Sehwan Sharif Airport for the resumption of commercial passenger flights at the airport.



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[Abbas Ali]

Currently, PIA not operating flights to/from Sehwan Sharif Airport.

PIA 1996 timetable shows regular service for Sehwan Sharif with Fokker F27 Friendship.

Day: Friday
Flight Number: PK530
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Route: Karachi->Sehwan Sharif->Moenjodaro->Sukkur

Day: Thursday
Flight Number: PK114
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Route: Karachi->Sehwan Sharif->Moenjodaro->Sukkur

Day: Friday
Flight Number: PK113
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Route: Nawabshah->Sehwan Sharif->Karachi

Day: Thursday
Flight Number: PK115
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Route: Sukkur->Sehwan Sharif->Karachi

And in year 2008 PIA operated special flights from August 21, 2008 to August 23, 2008 on Karachi-Sehwan Sharif-Karachi route to transport passengers for Urs Shareef of Shahbaz Qalandar.

PIA advertisement which appeared in August 20, 2008 newspaper.


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