Peshawar Airport Taxiway/Runway Repairs/Maintenance Work to Affect Wide-body Aircraft Flight Operations

[Abbas Ali]

Due to runway repairs work, wide-body aircraft flight operations will be affected or not possible to/from Peshawar Airport from May 31 to June 5.

During these days, a number of PIA flights to/from Peshawar will land/depart from Islamabad Airport. Passengers will be transported between Peshawar and Islamabad by road.

PIA Karachi to Peshawar flight PK-354 will land at Islamabad on June 1.
PIA Peshawar to Jeddah flight PK-735 will depart from Islamabad on June 1.
PIA Jeddah to Peshawar flight PK-736 will land at Islamabad on June 2.
PIA Peshawar to Karachi flight PK-353 will depart from Islamabad on June 2.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

On May 31.

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ26) Riyadh to Peshawar flight SV-792 landed in Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv792

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ26) Peshawar to Riyadh flight SV-793 departed from Islamabad at 4:01 PM. The flight's scheduled departure time was 3:20 PM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv793

Earlier:

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (A6-EBU) flight EK-636 from Dubai landed at Peshawar at 6:57 AM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek636

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (A6-EBU) flight EK-637 to Dubai departed from Peshawar at 9:17 AM:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek637

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to Aaj News channel, due to a taxiway repairs work, movement of wide-body aircraft to parking bay/apron not possible. The taxiway repairs work will be completed by June 5.

Abbas

[raihans]

relevant notam

(A0550/18 NOTAMR A0547/18
Q)OPLR/QXXXX/IV/NBO/AE/000/999/
A)OPPS
B)1805301700 C)1806051600
E)DUE SURFACE DAMAGE TAXIWAY B IS CLOSED FOR ALL OPS. ALL OPERATORS
TO OPERATE ACFT WEIGHT CATEGORY A-321 AND BELOW.)

[Abbas Ali]

^ Thank you Raihan for the info.

Today:

Emirates Boeing 777 Dubai to Peshawar flight EK-636 was cancelled.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek636

Shaheen Air Airbus A330-200 (AP-BML) Jeddah to Peshawar flight will land at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/nl722

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ29) Riyadh to Peshawar flight SV-798 will land at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv798

PIA Boeing 777-300ER (AP-BMS) Karachi to Peshawar flight PK-354 will land at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk354

Shaheen Air Airbus A330-200 (AP-BML) Peshawar to Jeddah will depart from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/nl721

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ29) Peshawar to Riyadh flight SV-799 will depart from Islamabad
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv799

PIA Boeing 777-300ER (AP-BMS) Peshawar to Jeddah flight PK-735 will depart from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk735

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

PESHAWAR: Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar was shut down for “large airplanes” on Friday for repair work.

An airport official explained that soaring heat has resulted in the taxiway becoming ‘puffy’, forcing authorities to partially suspend operations.

The facility will be operational on June 5 after repair work is completed, forcing flights scheduled to use Peshawar’s airport to utilise the Islamabad International Airport.

Source: Pakistan Today

[adamalikhan]

Notice on Emirates website:

Emirates flights EK 636/637 on 1 and 2 June between Dubai and Peshawar have been cancelled due to runway works at the airport. Passengers are advised to contact their travel agency or the local Emirates office to rebook their travel.

[Abbas Ali]

Sources in CAA said repair of runway of the airport had long been overdue. The runway was expanded for wide-bodied aircraft in early 2000 with the financial assistance of a Middle East-based airline.

https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.php ... 18_007_003

Peshawar Airport runway extension for bigger wide-body aircraft operations was financially supported by Emirates when it decided to replace Airbus A310-300 with Airbus A330-200 for Peshawar flights.

I think Peshawar Airport was the last or one of the last airports to receive Emirates Airbus A310-300 passenger flights before the airline phased that aircraft type out from its fleet.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Today:

Emirates Boeing 777 Dubai to Peshawar flight EK-636 cancelled.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek636

Emirates Boeing 777 Peshawar to Dubai flight EK-637 cancelled.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek637

Shaheen Air Airbus A330-200 (AP-BMI) Jeddah to Peshawar flight NL-722 landed at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/nl722

Shaheen Air Airbus A330-200 (AP-BMI) Peshawar to Jeddah flight NL-721 departed from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/nl721

PIA Boeing 777-300ER (AP-BHW) Jeddah to Peshawar flight PK-736 landed at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk736

PIA Boeing 777-300ER (AP-BHW) Peshawar to Karachi flight PK-353 departed from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk353

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ21) Jeddah to Peshawar via Riyadh flight SV-794 landed at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv794

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ21) Peshawar to Jeddah via Riyadh flight SV-795 departed from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv795

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Today:

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ21) Jeddah to Peshawar flight SV-796 landed at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv796

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ21) Peshawar to Jeddah flight SV-797 departed from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv797

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

The abrupt decision of the CAA to repair the taxiway caused hardships to the passengers using the airport to return home or go abroad on work permits or for performing Umrah.

“I had booked a ticket to go to Saudi Arabia and perform Umrah,” said Imran Shehzad of Kakshal locality in Peshawar.

He said that he had purchased the ticket for Rs68,000 a few weeks ago and was scheduled to leave for Saudi Arabia on Thursday last.

“I was informed at the eleventh hour that the flight has been cancelled and will now leave from Islamabad Airport on 3am the same day,” he added.

He said the concerned travel agency told him to pay Rs24,000 extra charges for his ticket.

“The travel agent said that the price of the new ticket is Rs92,000 and you have to pay the extra charges,” he informed.

He and other passengers, who also faced similar problems due to the maintenance work, asked the CAA to inform the passengers and airlines before carrying out any repair work in advance to avoid causing hardships to the passengers using the Peshawar Airport.

Source: The News

[Abbas Ali]

On June 4:

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ21) from Jeddah to Peshawar via Riyadh flight SV-794 landed at Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv794

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQ21) Peshawar to Jeddah via Riyadh flight SV-795 departed from Islamabad.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv795

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Today:

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (A6-EBQ) Dubai to Peshawar flight EK-636 landed at Islamabad.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek636

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Today, Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (A6-EBQ) landed at Peshawar at 7:36 AM as flight EK-636 from Dubai.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek636
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-ebq

However, following Peshawar-bound wide-body aircraft flights landed in Islamabad.

Shaheen Airbus A330-200 (AP-BML) Jeddah to Peshawar flight NL-722 landed at Islamabad around 8:24 AM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/nl722

Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQI) Riyadh to Peshawar flight SV-792 landed in Islamabad around 2:24 PM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv792

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to DAWN News channel, Shaheen Air Peshawar to Jeddah flight NL-721 has not been able to depart from Islamabad for unknown reason, so far. The flight's scheduled departure time was 11:00 AM.

Apparently, Shaheen Air Airbus A330-200 (AP-BML) is/was going to operate flight NL721 today.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/nl721

Today, AP-BML arrived in Islamabad around 8:24 AM as Shaheen Air Jeddah to Peshawar flight NL-722.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bml

Today, Saudia Airbus A330-300 (HZ-AQI) departed from Islamabad at 3:55 PM as Peshawar to Riyadh flight SV-793.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv793

Abbas