On February 3, airblue Airbus A320 (aircraft registration AP-EDH) flight PA271 to Islamabad returned to Jeddah for some reason.
The aircraft departed from Jeddah Airport Runway 34C at 8:12 AM and landed safely on Jeddah Airport Runway 34C at 8:39 PM i.e. 27 minutes after takeoff. Maximum altitude attained by the aircraft 5,050 feet.
The aircraft stayed at Jeddah Airport for about 1 hour 26 minutes. It departed from Jeddah again at 10:05 AM to complete flight PA271 to Islamabad where it landed at 4:12 PM. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Islamabad at 2:45 PM.
Despite regular maintenance, Airblue aircrafts experience technical issue. Pakistan largest private fleet has minimum destinations but maximum schedule maintenance.....
True, it is nice more and more people are getting aware of this. They have a fleet of 12 aircraft, and then they operate only on average 30-32 flights every day which shows poor and under utilization of aircraft fleet. On the other hand, Fly Jinnah with its only 6 aircraft operate on average 33-35 daily flights.
This clearly shows that airblue is the slowest airline of Pakistan in terms of growth given that they are in the aviation sector since 20+ years now. Just a POOR slow airline.
danyal77W wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:14 pm
True, it is nice more and more people are getting aware of this. They have a fleet of 12 aircraft, and then they operate only on average 30-32 flights every day which shows poor and under utilization of aircraft fleet. On the other hand, Fly Jinnah with its only 6 aircraft operate on average 33-35 daily flights.
This clearly shows that airblue is the slowest airline of Pakistan in terms of growth given that they are in the aviation sector since 20+ years now. Just a POOR slow airline.
Agreed to the comment. Considering how much blunders PIA has done and Shaheen fell down, it is appalling that Airblue did nothing to position itself as a major carrier in PK. Maybe if they had grown, i would expect that one of the airlines from Serene / AirSial / FlyJinnah would have not existed at all.
Once you have tasted flight, you will ever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward - Leonardo Da Vinci
