Hyderabad Airport Re-opening

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:01 am

HYDERABAD, July 23: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that reopening of Hyderabad airport will go a long way in promoting trade and industry and sports events. He was talking to Director, Civil Aviation Training Institute, Asif Bashir Ahmed, at his secretariat, on Monday. He said the airport was made officially functional on June 28 but the posting of relevant staff was being completed now while air service for other cities will resume shortly.

Apart from giving a boost to trade and industrial activity, this will help in holding tournaments, especially cricket at international level, said Nazim.

Kanwar Navved Jamil issued directives for renovation and putting up sign boards at important points of the city and asked the cantonment officials to construct a dual carriage road for the airport.

Director Civil Aviation Training Institute offered training to officials of the concerned department of Latifabad Taluka regarding extinguishing of fire and combating other emergencies.

DCO Aftab Khatri, Latifabad Taluka Nazim Sabir Hussain Kaimkhani, district officer roads, Nizamuddin Shaikh and XEN Iqbal Ahmed were present.

Source: DAWN

himmat01 · Post by **himmat01** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:36 am

Why was it closed?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:13 am

^ Lack of passenger traffic + loss making flights I guess.

himmat01 · Post by **himmat01** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:32 pm

Abbas Ali wrote:^ Lack of passenger traffic + loss making flights I guess.

Thanks, Abbas Bhai.

atmalik · Post by **atmalik** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:34 pm

Abbas Ali wrote:^ Lack of passenger traffic + loss making flights I guess.

So what has changed that will warrant the reopening of the airport. Or is it another political gambit?

javed · Post by **javed** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:23 pm

atmalik wrote:
Abbas Ali wrote:^ Lack of passenger traffic + loss making flights I guess.
So what has changed that will warrant the reopening of the airport. Or is it another political gambit?

They can resume old Fokker routes like KHI-HYD-LYP/LHE etc with ATR.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:47 am

PIA's Summer-1996 timetable shows following flights operated with Fokker F-27 aircraft to/from Hyderabad Airport.

Days: Wednesday
Flight: PK-108
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Karachi-Hyderabad-Moenjodaro

Days: Monday
Flight: PK-116
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Karachi-Hyderabad-Nawabshah

Days: Monday
Flight: PK-117
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Nawabshah-Hyderabad-Karachi

Days: Saturday
Flight: PK-532
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Karachi-Hyderabad-Sukkur-Sui

Days: Tuesday
Flight: PK-535
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Moenjodaro-Hyderabad-Karachi

Days: Wednesday
Flight: PK-543
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Sukkur-Hyderabad-Karachi

Days: Saturday
Flight: PK-567
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Moenjodaro-Hyderabad-Karachi

Days: Thursday & Sunday
Flight: PK-601
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Karachi-Hyderabad-Lahore-Islamabad

Days: Thursday & Sunday
Flight: PK-602
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship
Route: Islamabad-Lahore-Hyderabad-Karachi

javed · Post by **javed** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:10 pm

Thank you Abbas. Yes there lot of potential for HYD. I personally know lot of people from HYD who are working in LYP, LHE, ISB and elsewhere in the North. Most of them complain about their inability to be at home on weekends. Many of them chose to be in Pakistan only because they could be near their family. But in absence of airlink to HYD, they felt like being in the US or any other part of the world.

SalamPaks · Post by **SalamPaks** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:26 pm

The posted HYD schedule is much more extensive than the twice weekly flights that used to operate there previously. Hope it's worth it.

himmat01 · Post by **himmat01** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:30 am

The posted HYD schedule is much more extensive than the twice weekly flights that used to operate there previously. Hope it's worth it.

HYD is the IATA code for Hyderabad, India.
HDD is the IATA code for Hyderabad, Pakistan.

javed · Post by **javed** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:09 pm

himmat01 wrote:
The posted HYD schedule is much more extensive than the twice weekly flights that used to operate there previously. Hope it's worth it.

HYD is the IATA code for Hyderabad, India.
HDD is the IATA code for Hyderabad, Pakistan.

Thanks for correction, Himmat01. I guess sign of myself aging.

coolgenx · Post by **coolgenx** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:53 pm

MR.Abbas Ali can you tell me where did you get this scedule from?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:07 am

^ I've mentioned source in my post.

Abbas Ali wrote:PIA's Summer-1996 timetable shows following flights operated with Fokker F-27 aircraft to/from Hyderabad Airport.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:24 am

Aircraft Sales and Services Limited (ASSL) is going to launch Karachi-Hyderabad-Lahore service with Fokker F-27-500.

See Topic: ASSL To Launch Karachi-Hyderabad Flight With Fokker F-27-500

chevron · Post by **chevron** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:16 am

Abbas Ali wrote:Aircraft Sales and Services Limited (ASSL) is going to launch Karachi-Hyderabad-Lahore service with Fokker F-27-500.

See Topic: ASSL To Launch Karachi-Hyderabad Flight With Fokker F-27-500

If PIA start ATR flights to Hyderabad and beyond, I wonder what will be the choice of passengers, ATR or F27? and if they can still fly on F27 then why not they fly on PIA F27 which was forcefully grounded after the tragic Multan crash.