PIA Airbus A320 Carries President of the Maldives

[bluesky]

At the moment on flightradar24 it shows PIA airbus A320 AP-BLD flying from MALE to KHI at the moment it is flying abeam Mangalore Airport.

Any info as to why it was in MALE?

[Abbas Ali]

Must by carrying President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen on official two-day visit to Pakistan.

PIA Airbus A320-214 registration AP-BLD departed from Karachi at 5:18 AM as flight PK-8742 to Male. AP-BLD completed flight from Karachi to Male in three hours & thirty-three minutes.

The A320 departed as flight PK-8752 from Male where it stayed for two hours & nineteen minutes.

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

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

AP-BLD has landed at PAF Base Nur Khan, Chaklala / Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP) - Islamabad as VIP flight PK-8752 from Male, Maldives.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Arrival of PIA Airbus A320-214 registration AP-BLD at Benazir Bhutto International Air Port (BBIAP) - Islamabad / Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Nur Khan, Chaklala, as VIP flight PK-8752 from Male, Maldives, with President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen onboard.












President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen shaking hands with a PIA crew member.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

AP-BLD ferried from Islamabad to Karachi as flight PK-3692.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk3692/

The A320 departed from Islamabad at 5:44 PM.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

AP-BLD departed from Karachi at 10:33 PM as PIA flight PK-213 to Dubai.

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

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

More PIA flights performed by AP-BLD on May 6/7.

Dubai to Karachi flight PK-214.
Karachi to Islamabad flight PK-300.
Islamabad to Karachi flight PK-301.

The A320 is now ferried as flight PK-3082 to Islamabad from where most likely it will perform VIP flight to Male with President of the Maldives onboard.

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

Abbas

[aviator773]

AP-BLD is on it way to Maldives currently.

[Abbas Ali]

AP-BLD departed from Islamabad at 7:01 PM as VIP flight PK-8742 to Male with President of Maldives on board.

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


AP-BLD ready for departure at PAF Base Nur Khan, Chaklala.


President of the Maldives waving good bye before boarding AP-BLD.


AP-BLD pushed back for departure.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

AP-BLD landed at Karachi at as ferry flight PK-8752 from Male.

Later, the A320 resumed performing commercial flights for PIA when it left Karachi as flight PK-300 to Islamabad.

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

Abbas