Unknown A310

Charliedelta11 · Post by **Charliedelta11** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:40 pm

yesterday an A310 flew over my house..it had nothing written on the fuselage..the tail was blue coloured , but only towards the forward region , the rear portion was white..does anyone have any idea what airline it belongs to ?

iqbal · Post by **iqbal** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:23 pm

aero asia A310 ? I know there have been rumors of them getting one........

AN · Post by AN » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:22 pm

thats PIA's leased A310 for Haj

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:12 am

AN wrote:thats PIA's leased A310 for Haj

From where did they lease it?

AN · Post by AN » Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:15 pm

leasing company

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:43 pm

^ Bari mehrbaani

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:06 pm

AN wrote:leasing company

Care to indulge in any more info, like previous owners, reg no. etc?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:20 am

I guess the A310 seen by Charliedelta11 is TC-SGC leased from Saga Airlines of Turkey. The forward portion of aircraft's tail is in green colour that indicates it was leased out to Mahan Air of Iran before joining PIA for Hajj operations. The A310-304 was built in 1989 for Kenya Airways.

Recent photo of the aircraft: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1132150/L/

List of aircraft leased by PIA for Hajj flights is in topic: PIA wetleases