Airblue
| Airblue ائیر بلو |
|
|---|---|
|
|
|
|
| IATA code : | PA |
| ICAO code : | ABQ |
| Call sign : | AIRBLUE |
| Founding: | 2003 |
| Seat: |
Karachi , Pakistan
|
| Home airport : | Karachi / Jinnah International Airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 084 |
| Management: | Tariq Chaudhary ( CEO ) |
| Passenger volume: | 1.4 million (2006/2007) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | BlueMiles |
| Fleet size: | 10 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.airblue.com |
Airblue ( Urdu ائیر بلو, Spelled airblue ) is a Pakistani airline based in Karachi and based at Karachi / Jinnah International Airport .
history
Airblue was founded in 2003 by the former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and started operations on June 18, 2004 with three leased Airbus A320-200s . During the first year the airline became so popular that it entered into direct competition with the state-owned Pakistan International Airlines . Today it is Pakistan's second largest airline with a 20% share of domestic traffic.
Destinations
In addition to several domestic destinations, Airblue also offers flights to Oman , the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Airblue fleet consists of ten aircraft with an average age of 7.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 5 | equipped with sharklets | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 5 | ||
| total | 10 | - |
Incidents
- On July 28, 2010 an Airbus A321-200 ( aircraft registration AP-BJB ) coming from Karachi was flown on approach to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad in the ridge of the Margalla Hills . All 146 passengers and the six crew members were killed. The cause was the captain flying a "self-made" approach procedure below the minimum height. He did not react to any information from the First Officer or to a total of 21 warnings from the EGPWS ground warning device (see also Airblue flight 202 ) .
See also
Web links
- Airblue website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Destinations of Airblue (English), accessed on March 11, 2018
- ↑ AirBlue Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten - No survivors in plane crash in Pakistan, July 28, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Accident report A321 AP-BJB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 14, 2019.
- ↑ Airplane with more than 150 people crashes near Islamabad. Spiegel Online , July 28, 2010, accessed July 29, 2010 .
