Fly Jinnah (FJ) Expands Airbus A320 Fleet

[Karachi Aviator]

Apparently Fly Jinnah's 4th aircraft has arrived in Karachi??
Starting international flights soon?

[Sami Warsi]

FJ new carriers induction is delay till mid of this year as Air Arabia and Lackson group couldn't finalise A320neo or A321neo. Perhaps, more than 10 year old aircraft of Air Arabia will add in FJ fleet.

[Karachi Aviator]

FJ new carriers induction is delay till mid of this year as Air Arabia and Lackson group couldn't finalise A320neo or A321neo. Perhaps, more than 10 year old aircraft of Air Arabia will add in FJ fleet.

But the aircraft that has landed at KHI already has FJ livery and registration AP-BOZ, without sharklets it seems:

[adamalikhan]

Serious competition will start now and no doubt FJ will do very well.

[Abbas Ali]

Fly Jinnah (FJ) Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BOZ airframe details:

Aircraft Operator: Fly Jinnah (FJ)
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-214
Aircraft Registration: AP-BOZ
Year Built: 2011
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN): 4568
Engines: 2 x CFM International CFM56-5B4/P
Previous Operator: Air Arabia
Previous Registration: A6-AND

On January 19, 2024, Fly Jinnah (FJ) Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BOZ arrived in Karachi at 9:52 PM as ferry flight 9P991 from Sharjah completed in 1 hour & 34 minutes. The aircraft had departed from Sharjah at 7:18 PM.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[AP-BGL]

FJ new carriers induction is delay till mid of this year as Air Arabia and Lackson group couldn't finalise A320neo or A321neo. Perhaps, more than 10 year old aircraft of Air Arabia will add in FJ fleet.

But the aircraft that has landed at KHI already has FJ livery and registration AP-BOZ, without sharklets it seems:

Yes, it is without Sharklets.

[owlventure]

Hopefully this new competition will force the government to fully privatise PIA

[Abbas Ali]

Fly Jinnah (FJ) Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BOV airframe details:

Aircraft Operator: Fly Jinnah (FJ)
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-214
Aircraft Registration: AP-BOV
Year Built: 2010
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN): 4539
Engines: 2 x CFM International CFM56-5B4/P
Previous Operator: Air Arabia
Previous Registration: A6-ANC

On January 26, 2024, Fly Jinnah (FJ) Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BOV arrived in Karachi at 2:53 PM as ferry flight 9P991 from Sharjah completed in 1 hour & 31 minutes. The aircraft had departed from Sharjah at 12:22 PM.


Source: flightradar24.com

July 2021 photo of the same aircraft during its service with Air Arabia Maroc:

Air Arabia Maroc A320-214 CN-NMF by Gideon van Dijk, on Flickr

Abbas

[Karachi Aviator]

AP-BOV and AP-BOZ parked at JIAP ( pics via Plane eye ):

[Abbas Ali]

Fly Jinnah added two Airbus A320 aircraft to its existing fleet to support the launch of its international operations. This strategic expansion brings the total number of aircraft in Fly Jinnah’s fleet to five, enhancing the airline’s capacity to cater to the increasing demand for reliable and affordable air travel.

Fly Jinnah, Pakistan’s low-cost carrier, announces the commencement of its international operations with the launch of its inaugural flight connecting Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad with the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates starting from February 17th, 2024.This step marks a significant milestone in the carrier’s growth journey after a successful year of serving domestic routes in Pakistan.

Fly Jinnah will connect both cities with non-stop double daily flights, offering customers seamless and convenient travel options. The new service will also provide customers in Islamabad with the opportunity for further connectivity via Sharjah Airport’s wide network.

https://www.flyjinnah.com/latest-news#news6806

[Abbas Ali]

On February 10, Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BOZ began performing commercial flights for Fly Jinnah (FJ) when it left Karachi as airline's flight 9P840 to Lahore.


Source: flightradar24.com

February 10 photo of AP-BOZ arriving in Islamabad as flight 9P672 from Karachi.

Photo link: https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11223960

Abbas

[Sami Warsi]

Why AP-BOO return to Sharjah? The first three fleets are younger than newly inducted fleet.

[Karachi Aviator]

Why AP-BOO return to Sharjah? The first three fleets are younger than newly inducted fleet.

Probably flew to SHJ for maintenance/ being readied for international flights. Maybe integration of the Air Arabia IFE into FJ's aircraft/ modification for international flights. I think they will withdraw the earlier inducted, younger a320s from domestic operations and fly them Internationally whilst the recently inducted, older a320s will fly domestically. I hope they takeover KHI-SHJ route from Air Arabia and also start LHE-SHJ 2x daily. Later on, Saudi Arabia can be started.

[Abbas Ali]

Source: flightradar24.com

On February 16, Fly Jinnah (FJ) Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BOV also began performing commercial flights for the airline when it left Karachi at 12:58 PM as airline's flight 9P842 to Lahore.

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

Now Fly Jinnah (FJ) has five active Airbus A320 aircraft in its fleet.

Abbas