Iran's Mahan Air to start Lahore-Tehran flights from July 5

[Abbas Ali]

Coyright Mahan Air

LAHORE: The Government of Pakistan has approved in principle to allow Mahan Air (link: www.mahan.aero) of the Islamic Republic of Iran for two flights in a week from Lahore to Tehran and back. The airline’s inaugural flight for Tehran will leave on July 5 from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.

Mahan Air is a private airline of Iran which has appointed M/s TSY (Pvt) as its General Sales Agent (GSA) for Pakistan.

TSY is already connected to 5400 offices worldwide and the only travel company in Pakistan to float ‘online ticket rates with fixed pricing’.

Zia Haider Rizvi while talking to The News said that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had approved the flights while the formal sanctions would be issued within next few days. He said there was no direct flight for Lahore-Tehran-Lahore for the last many years.

He said the passengers traveling to Tehran and from Tehran to Lahore had to stay for about 12 hours at Dubai Airport with no hotel facility.

He said the start of Lahore-Tehran-Lahore flights by Mahan Air was the result of open sky policy of President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz adding the two flights in a week would strengthen Pakistan-Iran relations.

Source: The News

[B777240ER]

Is there much O&D demand?

If the fare is right W5 will pick up many passengers from BHX and MAN

[behramjee]

If the fare is right W5 will pick up many passengers from BHX and MAN

that seems to be their target market plan for LHE!

hopefully their flights would be timed well to connect via IKA to both MAN and BHX both ways.

[Abbas Ali]

Mahan Air to launch Lahore-Islamabad-Tehran operation

LAHORE: The federal government has allowed the Mahan Air (www.mahan.aero) of Iran to launch the Lahore-Tehran, Islamabad-Tehran service.

A notification issued by the government and the copy of which was with ‘The News’ says the proposal regarding direct flights between Tehran and Islamabad by Mahan Air of Iran is under article 3 of the Air Services Agreement (ASA) concluded between Pakistan and Iran.

The government of Pakistan and the aeronautical authorities said the designation of Mahan Air by the aeronautical authorities of Iran to commence operation to Pakistan, in accordance with the existing bilateral arrangements, may be accepted accordingly.

According to Zia Haider Rizvi Honorary Consul General of Thailand in Lahore and the Chairman of TSY (Mahan Air's General Sales Agent (GSA) in Pakistan) told The News that the federal government had ensured Mahan Air that the schedule of flights for Lahore-Tehran and Islamabad-Tehran and other parts of the country for Tehran would be cleared when submitted to it.

Source: The News

[PK777]

So will these be one flight LHE-ISB-Tehran or will they be separate flights LHE-Tehran and ISB-Tehran ?