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Airblue Operate First A340 Today  
User currently offline777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4
Posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2815 times:

Having completed necessary formalities the first A340 will operate the carriers rerouted service to MAN also inaugurating the link to Lahore, the flight was to operate yesterday but was put off for unknown reasons, it will leave LHE at 1.30pm Pak time with a stopover in Islamabad.

Also their second A340 arrived recently, seen here leaving Istanbul on delivery

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User currently offline777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2165 times:

Return flight was via Ankara's secondary airport ANK says flight radar, why?

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-edf

User currently offlineIAH59 From Pakistan, joined Nov 2012, 382 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2078 times:

Will be a direct flight or will they stop in Istanbul? Will they also fly to Birmingham with this flight.

User currently offline777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2032 times:

Istanbul has been dropped, but this new nonstop service made a fuelstop in Ankara.

User currently offlineIAH59 From Pakistan, joined Nov 2012, 382 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1987 times:

Why would it make a stop in Turkey when it can make it to Manchester without refueling unless they pick up more traffic? and drop off passengers.

User currently offline777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4
Reply 5, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1970 times:

It made the stop on the return leg not when flying to MAN, not an expert on aviation but maybe weight restrictions had a part in this.

User currently offlineushermittwoch From Germany, joined Jan 2004, 2888 posts, RR: 18
Reply 6, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1955 times:

Just guessing, but maybe fuel was cheaper at ANK?


Where have all the tri-jets gone...
User currently offline9w748capt From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 409 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1955 times:

Interesting, so PK has some competition. But a 343 has plenty of range to go LHE-MAN plus more - so why the stop in Turkey? Can't be weight. Security?

User currently offlineIAH59 From Pakistan, joined Nov 2012, 382 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1920 times:

If they pick up traffic than it makes sense. Yes PIA has competion now with Airblue with there A343 and Shaheen air with there A 333 and boeing 734 and 738 and 762.

User currently offline777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1644 times:

PIA have now reduced fares for MAN to compete with Airblue.

Quoting 9w748capt (Reply 7):
Can't be weight.

Why not? just guessing there were too much load onboard to carry more fuel so they stopped at ANK for that?

User currently offlineIAH59 From Pakistan, joined Nov 2012, 382 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1454 times:

Hopefully Shaheen Air starts service to England and then USA in the next 10 years.

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