Shaheen Air to Induct Four ex-KLM Airbus A330-200 Aircraft

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Shaheen Air to Induct Four ex-KLM Airbus A330-200 Aircraft

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Maybe old news for you, but according to a message on the Dutch aviation forum Scramble, Shaheen Air will take over 4 ex KLM Airbus A330-200 PH-AOH/AOI/AOK/AOL. Last commercial KLM flight of A330 PH-AOH was Oct 24.

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^ Thank you Ger for the info. I've edited topic title to mention KLM A330s.

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Abbas, Ok with me.

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^ Thank you again Ger. It's great news for Shaheen Air fans and Pakistani aviation enthusiasts.

Information about the four A330s:

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Aircraft Type: Airbus A330-203
Construction Number: 811
Year Built: 2006
Engines: General Electric CF6-80E1A3
Last Known Registration: PH-AOH
Last Known Operator: KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
Last Known Owner: AerCap

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Aircraft Type: Airbus A330-203
Construction Number: 819
Year Built: 2007
Engines: General Electric CF6-80E1A3
Last Known Registration: PH-AOI
Last Known Operator: KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
Last Known Owner: AerCap

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Aircraft Type:Airbus A330-203
Construction Number: 834
Year Built: 2007
Engines: General Electric CF6-80E1A3
Last Known Registration: PH-AOK
Last Known Operator: KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
Last Known Owner: AerCap

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Aircraft Type: Airbus A330-203
Construction Number: 900
Year Built: 2008
Engines: General Electric CF6-80E1A3
Last Known Registration: PH-AOL
Last Known Operator: KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
Last Known Owner: AerCap

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They are fairly new
Looks like more local competition for PIA
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The first will be delivered by the end of Feb.
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So this four planes would replace the older three A330-300s???
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Shaheenz decision is great as this will surely improve the international traffic.
What shaheen needs to do is try to replace the B734 aircrafts as the avg age is on higher side around 22 years for these Boeing birds and the incidents oflate that did occur with them.

A320 with some A321s would be great. And by doing this they will operate all airbus fleet. That also will be plus point.

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^ Yes, Shaheen Air should have all-Airbus fleet comprising A330 and A320 family aircraft. It will bring down crew training, aircraft maintenance costs etc. Fleet standardisation should be given importance.
viasa wrote:So this four planes would replace the older three A330-300s???
I think so because seven A330s at at time will be too many in Shaheen Air fleet unless the airline has significant route network expansion/consolidation plan for year 2016.

They can base four A330-200s one each at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.

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Ger, do you have any idea whether these will be painted again by KLM E&M? as happened previously with one of the A330s of Shaheen? Or will they be painted by someone else?

I also think that Shaheen has a great opportunity to expand the route network and move to Europe with this fleet.
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^ Will depend on aircraft owner/lessor AerCap where they want these A330s to undergo maintenance checks, cabin configuration changes (if any), painting in Shaheen Air livery before delivery to Shaheen Air.

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Why PIA unable to get planes in a way the shaheen air got?

If we see the past once there planes reach to the maximum life span, news come that deal for replacement planes done and it start materialized whereas PIA from 40 planes reached to around 20-24 and now they are increasing the fleet.

SO better planning by Shaheen Air?
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jam2k94 wrote:Why PIA unable to get planes in a way the shaheen air got?

If we see the past once there planes reach to the maximum life span, news come that deal for replacement planes done and it start materialized whereas PIA from 40 planes reached to around 20-24 and now they are increasing the fleet.

SO better planning by Shaheen Air?

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I think that Shaheeh should be starting flights to U.K , U.S.A and some EU routes. Kudos to Shaheen.
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Shaheen are planning Manchester and Nottingham-East Midlands from March.