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Air Blue Confirm Manchester

777way From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2005, 2443 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3483 times:

Dont know if this was posted before, Air Blue will begin four times weekly service Islamabad-Manchester starting June 1st using an A321, the flights will tech stop at Ankara in Turkey, Also slated for launch this year is Jordanian capital Amman with a planned date of December 10th.

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KHI747 From Pakistan, joined Oct 2000, 1574 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3454 times:

Thats interesting-MAN route on a narrow body.When do their A332's arrive?

BA787 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 2596 posts, RR: 11
Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 3412 times:

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Good news, strange its on an A321 but...

Quoting 777way (Thread starter):

...isn't that photo an A320 Silly

777way From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2005, 2443 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3286 times:

Schedule:

ED 220 Dep ISB 1400 Arr MAN 1930
ED 221 Dep MAN 2100 Arr ISB 1030+1

Quoting BA787 (Reply 2):
...isn't that photo an A320

Photo is to identify airline not aircraft, A321 is basically make do on this route till they find A332.

[Edited 2007-04-06 18:09:07]

Alangirvan From New Zealand, joined Nov 2000, 1482 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 3137 times:

Will a one stop service in a single aisle plane take passengers off Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways?

777way From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2005, 2443 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3039 times:

Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 4):
Will a one stop service in a single aisle plane take passengers off Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways?

I believe they are offering extremely low fares which may attract the "budget concious", most Pakistani's are not particular about which aircraft or airline they fly as long as the fare is cheap and the can visit home as often as possible with clan in tow, that is why immigrant groups are now creating ethno-carriers in the UK to cater to this niche market, and in the past some third tier European carriers also announced plans to fly there, Swe Fly even managed to launch Luton-Skavasta-Lahore route but went out of business after a short while.

Alangirvan From New Zealand, joined Nov 2000, 1482 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 2853 times:

I have just read the wikipedia article about AirBlue. At the end, the article say that AirBlue is looking for A340-300s for UK flights. I was sure that AirBlue had orders for A330-200s. The article is up to date, with news about the route to MAN. Once UK routes are well established, I hope AirBlue will look in the other direction at routes between Pakistan and Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Australia has people of Pakistan origin who want good choices for trips to visit Pakistan.

Behramjee From Canada, joined Aug 2003, 3810 posts, RR: 41
Reply 7, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 2843 times:

ED never ordered 4 A 332s...they signed a LOI for 2 a 332s in 2005 but nothing got confirmed...they are aggressively seeking out the ex air madrid a 343 fleet to enable nonstop ISB-MAN operations.

though rumor has it in khi, that they are too looking at leasing in 2 A 332s but I find that hard to believe as I dont know any airline wanting to lease out this acft type anytime soon.

Imiakhtar From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2006, 290 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2715 times:

Quoting 777way (Reply 5):
most Pakistani's are not particular about which aircraft or airline they fly

i disagree. the majority of Pakistanis i know prefer to fly PK from MAN despite the cheaper fares that can be found with EY, TK and QR

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GF-A330 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2001, 1639 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 2661 times:

It would be good for AirBlue to get hold of the ex-Air Madrid A340 which is currently in storage at Bordeaux and has been since Dec 06. The cabin of this aircraft is similar to Air Blue's exisiting A320 fleet in the sense the seats are blue and each feature PTV's. Lets' see what happens.....

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[Edited 2007-04-09 17:52:00]

[Edited 2007-04-09 17:52:30]

Planeboy From India, joined May 2005, 199 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2585 times:

Quoting 777way (Reply 3):
Schedule:

ED 220 Dep ISB 1400 Arr MAN 1930
ED 221 Dep MAN 2100 Arr ISB 1030+1

90 mins turnaround? Boy, thats impressive!

Can they pick up Pax/Cargo at Ankara. Tech stop would mean they can't, isn't it?

777way From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2005, 2443 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2557 times:

Quoting Planeboy (Reply 10):
Tech stop would mean they can't, isn't it?

Yes.

MANisnumber1 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2007, 67 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2478 times:

Quoting GF-A330 (Reply 9):
The cabin of this aircraft is similar to Air Blue's exisiting A320 fleet in the sense the seats are blue and each feature PTV's.

Air Blue have PTV's in their A320?

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GF-A330 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2001, 1639 posts, RR: 4
Reply 13, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2453 times:

Sorry no, they just have the standard drop down TV's, what I meant was seat colour/style is similar to there A320s.

Behramjee From Canada, joined Aug 2003, 3810 posts, RR: 41
Reply 14, posted (2 years 10 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2390 times:

Quoting Imiakhtar (Reply 8):
i disagree. the majority of Pakistanis i know prefer to fly PK from MAN despite the cheaper fares that can be found with EY, TK and QR

Very correct statement....Pakistanis worldwide really like PIAs B 777 inflight product but dont like their A 310s and B 747 inflight product.

Pakistanis flying out of MAN like PIA too because its a nonstop flight hence they dont mind paying upto GBP 50-80 for that extra convenience.

However in spite of this, you'll be interested to know that EK's MAN flights are filled with ISB bound pax and vice versa.

Btw all of you will be interested to know that for EK in MAN, the # 1 market that their pax from that city fly to is Perth followed by Bangkok, Johannesbourg, Islamabad then Sydney.

[Edited 2007-04-09 23:48:31]

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