Airblue announces new flights to Dubai

hasan saleem · Post by **hasan saleem** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:10 am

Islamabad - Dubai - Islamabad
Every Tuesday, Friday & Sunday
Departs DXB at 0700
Departs ISB at 1200

Lahore - Dubai - Lahore
Daily
Departs DXB at 1500
Departs LHE at 2000

Peshawar - Dubai - Peshawar

Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday
Departs DXB at 0700
Departs PEW at 1200

These new flights start on 04 DEC.

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:48 am

thats pretty nice....i guess those will be done by the B738 they are expecting to recieve on wet lease by the 1st

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:54 am

oh and the fare is 6000 return excluding taxes and fees

hasan saleem · Post by **hasan saleem** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:07 am

How many 738 are they leasing ? wet lease ? where are these comming from ? when will the delivery of the 8 A320s and 2 A330s start ?

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:19 am

1 738 for now ... from some turkish carrier.....yes on wetlease for 3 months as winters are kinda slow....and its cheaper like that ... the funniest thing that i got to hear is that they are dry leasing the A330's just like the A320's they have right now......maybe its a rumour but u never know.....and if it is true by any chance.....then $800 million is alot! you can easily buy brand new ones in that price...all 10 aircrafts.....and the A330s are being delayed as they cant find any in the market .... wonder whats going on....anyone knows any details?

Amaad Lone · Post by **Amaad Lone** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:09 am

Looks like the 737-800 is going to be based in Dubai.

The scheduling is such that the aircraft does a Islamabad and Peshawar flight first, then leaves for the daily Lahore flight.

Good thinking, this way they can get maximum utilization from one aircraft.

Could Air blue have done this if the aircraft had a Pakistani registration?

Amaad

B777240ER · Post by **B777240ER** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:33 am

This means the ED is fully using its 35 flights allowed.

Will the gvt allow them to increase more flights and how long will it take for them to do so?

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:11 pm

the a/c's will be based in dubai along with the crew for abuot 3 months....they might go for 2 B738's instead of one and they will do all the dubai flights from them....not the ones that depart from karachi though.......so ISB/LHE/PEW - Dubai - PEW/LHE/ISB will be using the 737-800's.....livery......i dont think they will be in ED livery

and .... if the a/c is based in some other country....do u still need a pakistani reg. ?

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:08 pm

November is about coming to a close and there is still no talk of those additional A320's and A330's joining the fleet. It is actually happening or was it just a charade in order to buy time?

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:37 am

btw....dad just told me right now....as he reached back in karachi.....that the B737-800 deal got canceled and they are getting A320 from Turkish (not sure if turkish airline itself)....and it is wet lease....only cockpit crew wil lbe their's

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:25 pm

Airblue starts flights from Islamabad to Dubai

KARACHI, Dec 6 (APP): The private sector new generation Airblue airline has introduced flights from Islamabad to Dubai from December 4.

The first Dubai-Islamabad flight carried 160 passengers and was received at Islamabad airport by CAA and the airline officials.

With the start of new operations, Airblue has inducted two more A320 aircraft in its fleet and Dubai operation from North Pakistan started with the new aircraft while second one is arriving in next few days.

Airblue will operate one daily flight from Lahore to Dubai, three flights a week from Islamabad and 4 flights a week from Peshawar while it was operating two daily flights from Karachi.

The additional flights have thus raised to four a day from Pakistan to Dubai offering a total capacity of 600 seats from four cities every day.

It became the first private airline to fully comply with the national Aviation Policy 2000 and qualified for international routes as per Pakistan Civil Aviation policies.

The Airline has already been granted permission by the government to operate international flights to Gulf cities the United Kingdom.

Source: Associated Press of Pakistan

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:23 pm

Abbas Ali wrote:With the start of new operations, Airblue has inducted two more A320 aircraft in its fleet

Two more, i thought they inducted only one from the AtlasJet Carrier ?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:18 pm

PK777 wrote: Two more, i thought they inducted only one from the AtlasJet Carrier ?

These two include the one acquired from Turkish airline Atlasjet recently. The second A320 is to join AirBlue fleet in next few days according to this news report.

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:14 pm

yea and those 10 aircrafts are being bought n will start dilivery from march 06 inshallah. these two will fly in this low yield season

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:24 pm

Thanks Abbas,

Hang on, I thought the order for the 10 Airbuses was post poned ??