Air Indus Boeing 737-300 Fleet Induction

[Abbas Ali]

Following two Boeing 737-300 aircraft have been ferried or are to be ferried to Karachi.

Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-33A
Construction Number: 27469
Year Built: 1997
Last Known Owner: AerSale
Last Known Registration: N901AS
Ferry Flight Route: Ciudad del Carmen International Airport, Mexico->Tucson International Airport, USA->Bangor International Airport, USA->Keflavík International Airport, Iceland->Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey->Jinnah International Air Port, Karachi.

January 2012 photo of same Boeing 737 (c/n 27469) in Air Nigeria livery.

21-Jan-2012 ACC 5N-VNK 737-33A (cn 27469) / Air Nigeria by Lockon Aviation Photography, on Flickr

Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-33A
Construction Number: 27910
Year Built: 1997
Last Known Owner: AerSale
Last Known Registration: N902AS
Ferry Flight Route: Tucson International Airport, USA->Bangor International Airport, USA->Keflavík International Airport, Iceland->Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey->Jinnah International Air Port, Karachi.

February 2012 photo of same Boeing 737 (c/n 27910) in Air Nigeria livery.

Click here to see large photo.

Probaby these aircraft are for Air Indus or Icon Air?

Abbas

[mac777]

interesting news.
can it be for pia to replace temporarily their grounded ones or if the a320 are not going.
ive been wondering y pia whch cannot afford those a320 did not get those 15+ yr frames?

[taha_imran4]

MMA Airlines? After all they are claiming to begin operations from 23rd March.

[Guru]

They are for Air Indus.

[Abbas Ali]

^ Thank you for the info.

Under Pakistan's National Aviation Policy, Air Indus will need to add at least one more aircraft to meet the requirement of fleet of at least three aircraft for starting scheduled passenger flights initially on domestic routes for one year before starting international flights.

Abbas

[Guru]

You are right. They are in the process of acquiring the third one.

[Mir]

Has Indus Air actually acquired an AOC, or they will apply post receiving all three aircraft's ?

[Guru]

The AOC is in process.

[Amaad Lone]

Now why couldn't PIA lease these two aircraft???????

Forget the A320s, just atleast try to survive and maintain some schedules.

A 15 year old 737-300 is better then no aircraft.

[Amaad Lone]

Even after these two aircraft are leased out, six (1997 built) ex Air Nigeria 737-300s are stored.

These aircraft were orginally delivered to Easyjet in 1997.

Four of these are owned by leasing company GECAS.

The lease rates for these aircraft will be much lower then the A320-232s PIA wants, plus the fact that these planes can be inducted without much pilot re-training.

It could really provide PIA the cheap capacity they need.

[taha_imran4]

Ammad I think its because unlike private airlines PIA cannot buy planes directly from the open market as they have to follow procurement rules. You remember the whole 737-800 frenzy from last year when Transparency International took PIA to court. Therefore, for PIA's sake it would be better if they can some how land those 320s at Karachi.

[Abbas Ali]

Boeing 737-33A aircraft (N901AS & N902AS) departing from Bangor International Airport, USA, for flight to Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, observed on FlightRadar24.com on March 16, 2013.

N901AS
http://www.flightradar24.com/2013-03-16/01:22/N901AS

N902AS
http://www.flightradar24.com/#!/2013-03-16/01:20/N902AS

Abbas

[Guru]

Both the aircraft landed last night at JIAP.

[Abbas Ali]

^ Thank you for the info.

According to news report on following link, procedure of aircraft inspections/clearances by aviation authorities may take more than a month for formal induction of the two aircraft in Air Indus fleet.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/522487/priv ... wo-planes/

Abbas

[irfan khan]

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