Shaheen Air Planning to Start Flights for Manchester

[Zulfiqar]

Yes Coyboy. I saw the above Saudia uniform at KHI.
Why does Shaheen not supply the cabin crew with black Burqahs/shuttlecocks... that will be more in keeping with the culture here!

[Abbas Ali]

Nice action photo of AP-BMI landing at Manchester Airport on March 27.


AP-BMI - 2006 build Airbus A330-203, arriving on Runway 23R at Manchester at sunset +15 by egcc, on Flickr

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[Abbas Ali]

AP-BMI photographed at Manchester Airport on April 1.


Shaheen AP-BMI 1-4-2016 by Enda Burke, on Flickr

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[raihans]

any info about the pax load both ways?

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Boeing 777-240ER registration AP-BGK and Shaheen Air Airbus A330-203 registration AP-BMI at Manchester Airport.


Islamabad twins by mergenersii, on Flickr

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[Abbas Ali]

Shaheen Air Airbus A330-203 registration AP-BML landing at Manchester Airport as flight NL-901 from Islamabad on April 17.


Shaheen AP-BML 17-4-2016 by Enda Burke, on Flickr

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[Abbas Ali]

Shaheen Air to introduce fourth weekly flight between Islamabad and Manchester on July 2 (Saturday).

Islamabad to Manchester

Flight Number: NL-901
Route: Islamabad to Manchester
Aircraft Type: Airbus A330
Days of Operation: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Departure from Islamabad: 3:00 PM
Arrival at Manchester: 8:00 PM
hr Manchester to Islamabad

Flight Number: NL-902
Route: Manchester to Islamabad
Aircraft Type: Airbus A330
Days of Operation: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Departure from Manchester: 9:55 PM
Arrival at Islamabad: 10:00 AM

Source: shaheenair.com

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[t_kaay]

seems a shame that shaheen look to have increased their fares for the UK school holiday periods, just as PIA always do. When shaheen announced the route the management were saying they were going to look after the public and keep fares down. But in the end, hiking prices up makes them just as bad as PIA, whereas the middle eastern carriers still provide good value. Even Turkish airlines have some good fares.......I've just booked return flights to Islamabad in AUGUST school holidays, returning 4th September for just £370. It's about time our own carriers followed suit.

[shamxa]

seems a shame that shaheen look to have increased their fares for the UK school holiday periods, just as PIA always do. When shaheen announced the route the management were saying they were going to look after the public and keep fares down. But in the end, hiking prices up makes them just as bad as PIA, whereas the middle eastern carriers still provide good value. Even Turkish airlines have some good fares.......I've just booked return flights to Islamabad in AUGUST school holidays, returning 4th September for just £370. It's about time our own carriers followed suit.

I'd say you're lucky. Irrespective of airline LHR-KHI always seems to have a greater price in holiday periods.

Granted, 4th of September is quite late by UK standards for holidays. Would the price have been the same had you pulled the dates five days back?

[adamalikhan]

When SAI launched in the UK, they had a lot of bookings for the Summer holidays for around 400GBP return. The outbound and return was for the peak season - going out end of July, coming back 1st week of Sept. At the time, all other airlines were charging at least double this.

Naturally like all airlines, they will have a revenue management system in place and so fares will increase with demand and as the flights fill up.
To expect them to offer cheaper fares regardless of season and flight load is unfair.

Shaheen have now launched a 4th flight (Saturday) due to the demand. If you look at flights on these days, they are slightly cheaper than the other days.

[uzairali]

seems a shame that shaheen look to have increased their fares for the UK school holiday periods, just as PIA always do. When shaheen announced the route the management were saying they were going to look after the public and keep fares down. But in the end, hiking prices up makes them just as bad as PIA, whereas the middle eastern carriers still provide good value. Even Turkish airlines have some good fares.......I've just booked return flights to Islamabad in AUGUST school holidays, returning 4th September for just £370. It's about time our own carriers followed suit.

The carriers don't own you free lunch. They can charge as they please. It's not a charity. Shaheen will try to make maximum profits so it can expand its fleet.

As plane fills, the price on seats go up.

[uzairali]

When SAI launched in the UK, they had a lot of bookings for the Summer holidays for around 400GBP return. The outbound and return was for the peak season - going out end of July, coming back 1st week of Sept. At the time, all other airlines were charging at least double this.

Naturally like all airlines, they will have a revenue management system in place and so fares will increase with demand and as the flights fill up.
To expect them to offer cheaper fares regardless of season and flight load is unfair.

Shaheen have now launched a 4th flight (Saturday) due to the demand. If you look at flights on these days, they are slightly cheaper than the other days.

How can they launch 4th flight? Cuz new plane coming or it was idling for 1-2 days before?

Hopefully they do 7 days a week!

[shamxa]

One very positive thing brought about by this route (beyond connectivity benefits and ticketing barriers), is that this is one of a few times where an airline has entered the UK by first going to northern airports instead of southern ones. Although this inevitably high risk compared to going to London, this will be a huge catch for shaheen if this ends up being a precursor to aviation of the "northern powerhouse".

[raihans]

Any update on Shaheen Air service for Manchester, how the pax loads are for this sector? any TR?

[CoyBoy]

Any update on Shaheen Air service for Manchester, how the pax loads are for this sector? any TR?

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