Airline Named Air Karachi to be Started

[Abbas Ali]

Leading businessmen from Karachi have decided to launch an airline named Air Karachi initially with three leased aircraft for flights on domestic routes. After completing one year of domestic flight operations, Air Karachi will start international flights with a fleet of at least five aircraft.

Air Karachi is being launched with an investment of PKR 5 billion. Air Karachi shareholders include business tycoons Aqeel Karim Dhedhi, Arif Habib, SM Tanveer, Bashir Janmohammad, Khalid Tawab, Zubair Tufail, Hanif Gohar and Hamza Tabani. Each shareholder has contributed PKR 50 million to the venture.

Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Syed Imran Majid Ali is the first CEO of Air Karachi.

On November 21, 2024, airline company named Air Karachi (Private) Limited registered with Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).


Source: secp.gov.pk

Application has been sent to the Government of Pakistan for obtaining Air Karachi airline license.

Abbas

[Karachi Aviator]

Who comes up with these weird names. As if Airsial & FlyJinnah weren't enough. Shaheen air was by far the best brand name / identity, no one beats that.

Anyways, hopefully they operate majority of their international flights from Karachi unlike recent examples of Airsial & FlyJinnah who are more focused on LHE and ISB.

KHI-DMM, KHI-MED, KHI-KWI, KHI-MCT, KHI-RUH etc.. are all good ME routes to start international operations from as other major routes like Duabi and Jeddah are already well served.

[Abbas Ali]

[danyal77W]

Who comes up with these weird names. As if Airsial & FlyJinnah weren't enough. Shaheen air was by far the best brand name / identity, no one beats that.

Anyways, hopefully they operate majority of their international flights from Karachi unlike recent examples of Airsial & FlyJinnah who are more focused on LHE and ISB.

KHI-DMM, KHI-MED, KHI-KWI, KHI-MCT, KHI-RUH etc.. are all good ME routes to start international operations from as other major routes like Duabi and Jeddah are already well served.

Very true. Shaheen was a legacy. That logo, that livery, that careful choice of blue and golden were unmatched. Shaheen was the only private airline that had ambitions to go beyond classic routes and served China, Thailand, Malaysia, the UK, Iran and Kuwait. The second last livery was beautiful and the last rebranding was also amazing.

[Abbas Ali]

With PKR 5 billion equity, Air Karachi intends to start flight operations with three aircraft on domestic routes. After completing one year of domestic flight operations it has plan to induct four more aircraft to start flights on international routes also with a fleet of seven aircraft.

Air Karachi has plan to operate a fleet of up to thirty aircraft with gradual induction of aircraft and route network expansion every year.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Air Karachi has filed an application to obtain Regular Public Transport (RPT) license from Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

https://arynews.tv/air-karachi-new-airl ... -pakistan/

Application received will be scrutinized by Air Transport & ER Directorate for acceptance/rejection within 3 days of receipt of the application.

Application once accepted will be processed by Air Transport & ER Directorate in consultation with the other concerned Directorates of Pakistan CAA within a period of 10 days.

The scrutinized application, if considered to be in order, will be cleared by DG CAA and thereafter referred to the Competent Authority, i.e. Federal Government, for approval under Rule 177 of Civil Aviation Rules, 1994.

On receipt of the requisite approval from the Federal Government, RPT License will be issued by DG CAA after receipt of the security deposit, back guarantee and License issuance fee.

The License is only a permission to develop an RPT organization and in no way entitles the Licensee to operate an aircraft. This can only be done after issuance of an Air Operator Certificate (AOC). It is necessary that before setting up an airline, the Company management should become fully conversant with Civil Aviation Rules 1994; Air Navigation Orders (ANOs), Airworthiness Notices issued from time to time and relevant international practices/requirements.

https://caapakistan.com.pk/at/at-lc-rpt ... 20aircraft.