MNG aircraft parked at Karachi Airport

[kalc]

Hi I have seen at least 3 Mng aircrafts parked at Karachi airport
does anyone here know if PIA has leased them (one was a B737)

[PakN'US]

May be they have been leased by Air Blue?

[inducedrag]

MNG B737-400 are flying for PIA

[Abbas Ali]

MNG B737-400 are flying for PIA

Yes, that's true.

Umar Anis (forum member umar744) told me that at least two MNG Boeing 737-400s are on lease to PIA these days.

[cheetah]

MNG B737-400s on lease to PIA are as follows:

TC-MNM, TC-MNF, TC-MNH, TC-MNI & TC-MNL.


Also two Orient Thai B742s are on lease:

HS-UTC & HS-UTJ

[Amaad Lone]

Five 737-400s.

Why is PIA leasing MNG 737s??

These 150 seaters are not suitable for Hadj.

Unless the 737-400s have replaced the A310-300s on certain routes, allowing the A310s to fly the Hadj flights.

Amaad

[cheetah]

Routing for TC-MNM on Sunday 11/12/2005

Flight A/C
213 734 KHI DXB
284 734 DXB PEW
283 734 PEW DXB
214 734 DXB KHI


Routing for TC-MNH on Sunday 11/12/2005

Flight A/C
330 734 KHI MUX
330 734 MUX ISB
331 734 ISB LHE
331 734 LHE MUX
331 734 MUX KHI

[AbdulAziz]

Asslam ualikum

Are PIA pilots flying them or pilots of these airlines??

What is the cause that both PIA and Saudia every year lease planes from these old Turkish airlines???

Before 2 years when I went to Hajj, The A300 from Madinah to Jeddah was lease plane from Ouner Air with crew ... It was in very bad condition and noisy???

A.Aziz

[Charliedelta11]

the 737's that have been leased are to compensate for the A310's that have been diverted to relieve the ongoing Hajj operation pressure..they are only for domestic purposes and are being operated by international flight crew but local cabin crew..

[cheetah]

Actually the cabin crew is that of MNG it self. Only two PIA cabin crew members are onboard for translation purposes.

[Amaad Lone]

I guess the first Hadj flight from Peshawar was an A310-300 carrying 270 passengers.

How the hell did they fit an extra 80 passengers in that aircraft.

The distance between the rows must have been brought down to a minimum possible.

I remember flying on AP-AYW , which had the Hadj layout for domestic flights, and it was uncomfortable.

From 192 to 270, feel sorry for the passengers who have to fly cramped up for five hours.

Amaad

[Amaad Lone]

The A310-300s have nearly been removed from the entire domestic flight schedule.

The MNG 737-400s have replaced the A310s, which in return are being operated on Hadj flights.

I guess leasing MNG A300-B4s would have caused a huge scandal, considering we have similar airworthy aircraft grounded for no reason.

Amaad

[CoyBoy]

theres a letter in todays Dawn by a senator passenger complaining of the aircrafts state, and smelly food.

[AP-BGL]

What is the livery for these aircrafts? Is that with dark blue tail a/c? I saw one 737 in the air that might me of MNG working for PIA.

[zerbaer]

Hi I have seen at least 3 Mng aircrafts parked at Karachi airport
does anyone here know if PIA has leased them (one was a B737)

PK are wet leasing five B737-400s from MNG for the Hajj season. Believe two MNG A300s for freight have been on wet lease (charter basis twice per week) for quite somtime now.

Interesting fact is that MNG & two other Turkish companies bought PK's A300B4 fleet as part of a strange deal which stipulated that PK will lease aircraft from MNG when required. The sold A300s are still parked at PK/KHI facilities!

PK additionally are wet leasing five B747-200 of which three are from Air Universal & two from Orient Thai. Same two sources had leased B747s during last Hajj. Some Air Universal planes have been operating with PK since August 2005. Guess at approx $5500 per hour with guaranteed 250 hrs per aircraft per month, for at least 4 months, it makes sense why wet leasing is the preferred modis operandi.

Cheers !