According to news sources, a Turkish Airlines team visited Sialkot International Airport to review facilities provided to passengers and airlines at the airport.
Turkish Airlines is planning to start flights between Istanbul and Sialkot from summer this year.
Currently, Turkish Airlines regular scheduled passenger flights link Istanbul with Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.
On January 18, 2021, Turkish Airlines team headed by airline's General Manager, Lahore, Hamid Eldeleklioglu, Station Manager, Lahore, Burhan Yildirim and Regional Marketing Representative Kamran Abid Hussain visited Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) to see the infrastructure and facilities available at the airport.
Mr. Hamid Eldeleklioglu confirmed that Turkish Airlines plans to start its operations between Sialkot and Istanbul very soon. Chairman SIAL Mian Naeem Javed welcomed the guests and assured to provide best possible facilities to Turkish Airlines for their smooth operations from SIAL.
QR apparently pulled out of Multan, Sialkot, and Lyalpur silently. Only QR does Sialkot with cargo now. Maybe TK wants to fill the void, probably start on a 737. Not a big fan of Turkish Airlines.
ba260 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:14 am
QR apparently pulled out of Multan, Sialkot, and Lyalpur silently. Only QR does Sialkot with cargo now. Maybe TK wants to fill the void, probably start on a 737. Not a big fan of Turkish Airlines.
We will wait and see now.
How do you know they have pulled out? They are showing in the inventory to start in the Summer 21 season. Plus i cannot see Qatar pull out of Multan due to the saudi/uae/bahrain traffic, sialkot due to the cargo and connections from London, and LYP for cargo.
These stations had extensive flights served by Qatar
ba260 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:14 am
QR apparently pulled out of Multan, Sialkot, and Lyalpur silently. Only QR does Sialkot with cargo now. Maybe TK wants to fill the void, probably start on a 737. Not a big fan of Turkish Airlines.
We will wait and see now.
How do you know they have pulled out? They are showing in the inventory to start in the Summer 21 season. Plus i cannot see Qatar pull out of Multan due to the saudi/uae/bahrain traffic, sialkot due to the cargo and connections from London, and LYP for cargo.
These stations had extensive flights served by Qatar
I also see booking available from end of March, though I know people who work directly for QR in different stations across Pakistan. Their stations got closed, and those employees were laid off, they haven't mentioned if they will be return, as they haven't gotten any update. LYP was closed for a while, then Multan, then Sialkot closed. So let's I was also surprise, let's hope they reopen, I found this flight useful to reach Multan versus going via Lahore. SKT is still served by cargo.
Though yes now that QR can fly to UAE, KSA, and Bahrain, I can see QR returning carrying lot of the Umrah/Hajj and Labor workers to these destinations. That's one of things I enjoyed flying QR during the blockade, was the travelers were more families, and professional people going on wards to Australia, North America, and Europe.
baberblues wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:46 pm
According to the Turkish Inventory, Turkish Airlines has intentions to start flights for Sialkot, and Peshawar has been loaded on the Turkish airlines website but no schedule has yet been published for the station. Looking forward to these coming to fruition.
baberblues wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:46 pm
According to the Turkish Inventory, Turkish Airlines has intentions to start flights for Sialkot, and Peshawar has been loaded on the Turkish airlines website but no schedule has yet been published for the station. Looking forward to these coming to fruition.
Salam, not a problem. I believe according to one of the turkish posters on airliners.net, that the Sialkot flights have an April 2021 start time. Lets see whether this does come to fruition.
