Source abtn.co.uk
VERY LATE BREAKING (and surprising) NEWS from the ROUTES airlines/airports conference in Dubai Sunday afternoon is that Pakistan’s second airline Shaheen Air is to introduce a four times weekly service from Robin Hood Doncaster Airport to Pakistan “later this year”. The airline will use a two-class Boeing 767 for the operation, and also plans to continue the flight on to Toronto in 2007. Mohammed Jalil, operations director, Shaheen Air, explained that the airline, established in 1991, is profitable and has now only a small government holding. It currently flies to five domestic and six international destinations in The Gulf and carried 0.5m passengers in 2005. Neil Pakey, CEO of Doncaster owner Peel Airports, said that the £120m project has been a great success with 840,000 passengers in the first year.
So next summer there will be two airlines operating to Toronto (flyglobespan announcement), it seems lately the airport is picking up some business. Additional Ryanair flight to Girona and Pisa, Flybe to Belfast, Wizzair to Katowice, Globespan to Toronto and now Shaheen to Tornto and an unnamed point in Pakistan. Whats next?
By: philgatwick05 - 20th September 2006 at 19:51
I hear it’s actually operating to Dubai.
Anyone got anything more substantial on this?
By: LBARULES - 19th September 2006 at 22:03
Well done…….
By: lba rlz - 19th September 2006 at 20:56
This would be better
VERY LATE BREAKING (and surprising) NEWS from the ROUTES airlines/airports conference in Dubai Sunday afternoon is that Pakistan’s second airline Shaheen Air is to introduce a four times weekly service from Leeds Bradford Airport to Pakistan “later this year”. The airline will use a two-class Boeing 767 for the operation, and also plans to continue the flight on to Toronto in 2007. Mohammed Jalil, operations director, Shaheen Air, explained that the airline, established in 1991, is profitable and has now only a small government holding. It currently flies to five domestic and six international destinations in The Gulf and carried 0.5m passengers in 2005. E J S Anderson, Managing Director, said that the £120m project has been a great success with 840,000 passengers in the first year.
By: LBARULES - 18th September 2006 at 22:25
DSA currently doing very well! All this long haul stuff makes me jealous… ;).
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September 18, 2006 at 5:19 pm