On March 12, Serene Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft registration AP-BNE performed airline's Islamabad to Quetta flight ER541 completed in 1 hour & 15 minutes. The aircraft left Islamabad at 3:50 PM and arrived in Quetta at 5:05 PM.Flight ER541 is usually performed by Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Serene Air fleet.
Later, Serene Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft registration AP-BNE left Quetta at 7:39 PM and is airborne in Saudi airspace. It stayed in Quetta for 2 hours & 34 minutes.
Serene Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft registration AP-BNE has arrived in Jeddah from Quetta as flight ER541 completed in 4 hours & 52 minutes. The aircraft left Quetta at 7:39 PM and arrived in Jeddah at 10:31 PM.
Probably aircraft to be subleased to Saudi Arabia's Manasik Aviation for Umrah flights in the holy month of Ramadan?
In the recent past, Serene Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft registration AP-BNG and Boeing 737-800 aircraft registration AP-BNA were subleased to Manasik Aviation.
Quetta and Faislabad both should have enough traffic to cater wide bodies into Jeddah. I think we might see more of this during the hajj season. Hopefully some PIA 777 flights from Quetta as well.
On March 13, Serene Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft registration AP-BNE arrived in Lahore as flight ER540 from Jeddah completed in 3 hours & 59 minutes. The aircraft left Jeddah at 12:49 AM and arrived in Lahore at 6:47 AM. It stayed in Jeddah for 2 hours & 18 minutes.
On March 12 Serene Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft registration AP-BNE became the first aircraft of its category to land on Quetta Airport's upgraded main Runway 13L/31R. The aircraft arrived in Quetta as flight ER541 from Islamabad.
Later the aircraft left Quetta as flight ER541 to Jeddah with more than 290 Umrah pilgrims.
The upgraded main Runway 13L/31R of Quetta Airport caters for aircraft up to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) code 4E and is equipped with the latest technology Airfield Lighting System (ALS) for day & night operations.