Leased Aircraft Held at Islamabad Airport

[Abbas Ali]

According to a local news channel, last night authorities at Islamabad Airport impounded a leased aircraft LZ-MOD for non-payment of customs duties. A privately-owned company was preparing to fly this aircraft from Islamabad to Sharjah.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Could be Air Via Airbus Airbus A320-232 registration LZ-MDB that is on lease to AirBlue and operated that airline's flight PA-213 from Sharjah to Islamabad on May 30.

http://www.flightradar24.com/reg/lzmdb

Today AirBlue Islamabad to Sharjah flight PA-212 was expected to depart from Islamabad Airport at 1:30 PM.


Source: islamabadairport.com.pk

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Air Via Airbus Airbus A320-232 registration LZ-MDB ferried from Islamabad Airport to Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, on May 31, 2014.

http://www.flightradar24.com/reg/lzmdb

Seems aircraft's ferry flight to Bulgaria was delayed due to some issues related to customs duty/tax etc.

Abbas

[faiq]

Air Blue has wet leased another aircraft from Wndrose airline. An A320 UR-WRM. More over I have not seen AP-EDH in action from many days.

[Abbas Ali]

^ Thanks for the info.

So, maybe it was this WINDROSE Airlines Airbus A320-212 registration UR-WRM briefly held by customs at Islamabad Airport for some issue related to customs duty/tax on May 31, 2014?

UR-WRM operated Islamabad to Sharjah airblue flight PA-212 on that day i.e. May 31, 2014, according to info on following link:

http://www.flightradar24.com/reg/urwrm

WINDROSE (windrose.aero) is a charter airline based in Ukraine, according to info on the web.

The A320's ferry flight route from Ukraine to Pakistan on May 31, 2014 was:

Boryspil International Airport, Kiev, Ukraine -> Jinnah International Air Port, Karachi, Pakistan -> Benazir Bhutto International Air Port, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Brief info about this A320 airframe.

Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-212
Registration: UR-WRM
Year Built: 1996
Construction Number: 645
Engines: CFMI CFM56

January 2014 photo of UR-WRM.

I have not seen AP-EDH in action from many days.

AirBlue A320-214 registration AP-EDH today operated airline's Dubai to Karachi flight PA-119, according to info on following link:

http://www.flightradar24.com/reg/apedh

Abbas

[adamalikhan]

Airblue related posts seem to have gone very quiet on here since they stopped ISB-MAN. Any news with Airblue re expansion, new routes, new aircraft?

[Abbas Ali]

airblue has returned Windrose Airbus A320-212 (UR-WRM).

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wrm

Abbas

[flyeconomy]

Airblue related posts seem to have gone very quiet on here since they stopped ISB-MAN. Any news with Airblue re expansion, new routes, new aircraft?

they got few aircraft how can they expand?