AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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Windrose Airbus A330-223 registration UR-WRQ at Malta Airport photographed on June 4.

The A330 will soon be ferried to Lahore to resume performing airblue flights.

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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UR-WRQ has departed from Malta as Windrose ferry flight 7W-7002 to Lahore to re-join Pakistan's airblue as wet leased aircraft.

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

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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I have not seen an uglier livery as the one on Ukrainian aircraft.

I wonder what it would cost Air Blue to paint them all white, with a simple AIR BLUE on them aircraft.
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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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UR-WRQ landed at Lahore Airport at 6:08 AM as Windrose ferry flight 7W-7002 from Malta.

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

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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Today, Windrose Airbus A330-223 registration UR-WRQ resumed performing airblue flights as a wet leased aircraft.

The A330 departed from Lahore at 4:44 PM as airblue flight PA-470 to Jeddah.

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

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ImageAirblue(Windrose Airlines) - A330-200 - UR-WRQ by abdus sattar00, on Flickr

Airblue(Windrose Airlines) A330-200 UR-WRQ resting at OPLA.
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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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Beautiful action photo of Windrose Airbus A330-223 registration UR-WRQ wet leased to airblue taken at Allama Iqbal International Air Port (AIIAP) - Lahore on June 17, 2015.

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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UR-WRQ inactive for more than a week now and currently parked at Lahore Airport.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ur-wrq

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Windrose Airbus A330-223 (UR-WRQ) wet leased to airblue seen parked at Allama Iqbal International Air Port (AIIAP) - Lahore on September 28, 2016. Also seen is PIA Airbus A320-214 (AP-BLT) - Copyright Haider Ali

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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The Windrose 330 is grounded due to engine problem, AIrblue Hajj operation has been effected since 321 has been replaced for the Hajj operations while leaving behind 110 pax on each flight.
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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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Windrose Airbus A330-223 (UR-WRQ) due to be ferried from Lahore to Kiev in coming hours after the end of aircraft's wet lease term with airblue.

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Re: AirBlue to Get Windrose Airbus A330 on Wet Lease

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I wonder how much financial burden would have this A330 been on Airblue since its first flight with Airblue as it was mainly deployed on Lhe-Jed-Lhe sector i.e 2 flights in 24hrs and grounded now a days.
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UR-WRQ now getting ready to depart from Lahore as Windrose flight 7W-7010 to Kiev.

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