AirBlue Acquiring Two Brand New Airbus A320s on Lease

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Re: AirBlue Acquiring Two Brand New Airbus A320s on Lease

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Slightly off from the topic, it has been heard that air blue might replace their A343s as they are not giving the results that were expected may be due to regular technical issues.
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faiq wrote:Slightly off from the topic, it has been heard that air blue might replace their A343s as they are not giving the results that were expected may be due to regular technical issues.
Any ideas as to what they will replace with?
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They should try to acquire Airbus A330-200s.

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No idea but a wild guess, either they plan to go to an all A320 fleet or replace the A343 with relatively new A345 or A346 .
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Abbas is right, the best replacement would be 330s. These 343s have been a disaster.
The new 320s though is a positive move.
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these are called A 3 Faulty. Airbus after all.......
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Today (December 26) brand new Airbus A320-200 (AP-EDG) of AirBlue operated airline's Karachi to Lahore flight PA-406.

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

Apparently it's first revenue/commercial flight for this A320.

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More flights operated by AP-EDG on December 26 & 27 include:

Lahore to Dubai flight PA-410.
Dubai to Islamabad flight PA-211.
Islamabad to Dubai flight PA-210.
Dubai to Lahore flight PA-411.

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

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Any idea on the active fleet of Air Blue?

How many A320s and A319s along with the two A340s?
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Aircraft seen operating AirBlue flights in recent days.

Airbus A320-214 registration AP-EDA.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-eda

Airbus A320-214 registration AP-EDD.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-edd

Airbus A340-313X registration AP-EDF.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-edf

Airbus A320-214 registration AP-EDG.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-edg

Airbus A320-214 registration LZ-FBC (on lease from Bulgaria Air).
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/lz-fbc

Airbus A320-214 registration LZ-FBD (on lease from Bulgaria Air).
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/lz-fbd

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Where is AP-EDE?
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faiq wrote:Any photographs of EDG parked at Karachi
On following link is a photo of AP-EDG parked at Karachi Airport.

http://www.linkedin.com/company/airblue

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AirBlue Adds New Aircraft

Airblue, the fastest growing airline, will be adding two Airbus A320-200 aircraft in late 2013 and early 2014. Both aircraft are brand new and will include factory-fitted Sharklets. This advanced end-of-wing Sharklet system has been developed by Airbus, designed to enhance the eco-efficiency and payload-range performance of the A320 Family. Importantly, Sharklets can also save over 730t less Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions annually per aircraft. Airblue is the first Pakistani airline to use this technology.

Source: airblue.com

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AP-EDG photographed approaching Dubai Airport on December 29, 2013.

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^ Airblue, isn't a fastest growing airline, for few years they are just replacing their fleet, 2 return and 2 join, growth will be considered if they expand their fleet and the network
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One of my friends in Airblue told me that the A340s will be returned to the lessor on the 17th of this month . Manchester operations will continue with the A320 twice weekly.
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