South Air Proving Flights From Karachi to Gwadar and Sukkur Performed

[Abbas Ali]

On May 25, South Air operated proving flights:

Karachi to Gwadar

Leased ATR 72-600 aircraft registered in Maldives as 8Q-RAY as South Air flight SQB905 to Gwadar departed from Karachi at 2:03 PM. Passengers included a number of journalists.


Source: flightaware.com

Karachi to Sukkur



Leased ATR 72-500 aircraft registered in Lithuania as LY-JUA as South Air flight SQB900 to Sukkur departed from Karachi at 2:39 PM.


Source: flightaware.com

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Sukkur to Karachi

On May 25, leased ATR 72-500 aircraft registered in Lithuania as LY-JUA performed South Air flight SQB902 from Sukkur to Karachi. The aircraft departed from Sukkur at 4:56 PM and landed in Karachi at 5:45 PM. Sukkur to Karachi flight completed in 50 minutes.


Source: flightaware.com

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Gwadar to Karachi

On May 25, leased ATR 72-600 aircraft registered in Maldives as 8Q-RAY performed South Air flight SQB907 from Gwadar to Karachi. The aircraft departed from Gwadar at 5:11 PM and landed in Karachi at 6:29 PM. Gwadar to Karachi flight completed in 1 hour 18 minutes.


Source: flightaware.com

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Gwadar


May 25, 2026 - Arrival of South Air ATR 72-600 (aircraft registration 8Q-RAY) at Gwadar International Airport as proving flight SQB905 from Karachi.




Aircraft parked at Gwadar International Airport


Departure from Gwadar International Airport for proving flight SQB907 to Karachi.

Sukkur


May 25, 2026 - Arrival of South Air ATR 72-500 (aircraft registration LY-JUA) at Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport - Sukkur as proving flight SQB900 from Karachi.

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Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) inspectors were present aboard South Air proving flights.



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Flights between Karachi and Sukkur performed by ATR 72-600 (aircraft registration 8Q-RAY) on June 12.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/8q-ray

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