Saturday 28 September 2013

Air Blue Airbus A340-313X AP-EDF was an evening arrival operating their inaugural flight from Islamabad

More photos and a full report later

Air Blue to start twice weekly Airbus A340 services from Islamabad and Lahore to Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport and Air Blue, Pakistan’s second largest airline, are pleased

to announce that from Saturday 28 September 2013 the airline will start twice

weekly flights between Birmingham and Lahore, via Islamabad.

 The flight will be served by a 342 seat Airbus A340 aircraft as follows:

Wednesday - arrive into Birmingham at 2015, depart Birmingham at 2230

Saturday -  arrive into Birmingham at 2125, depart Birmingham at 2330

Mr Raza, Air Blue's Country Manager UK, said; "Air Blue is delighted to announce

services to Islamabad and Lahore from Birmingham starting this September. We

hope to continue on the success we have had so far in the UK and look forward

to working with Birmingham Airport and the Midlands’ Pakistani community to

make sure these services are a success and to grow our operation in the future"

Air Blue is a scheduled carrier and operates services across Pakistan and the

Middle East. Birmingham is the second UK airport that Air Blue will serve
 

Martyn Lloyd, Birmingham Airport’s Commercial Director, added, "More than
200 thousand British Pakistani's live in the West Midlands so we’re really pleased

to be able to announce these new flights, which will give business and leisure

passengers even more choice from Birmingham to Pakistan"

Flights - with lead in fare starting at £466 to Lahore - can now be booked at -

www.airblue.com 

Thursday 8 August 2013

Monday 20 December 2010 - Air Blue Airbus A319 AP-BIE continues to Manchester

Air Blue Airbus A319-112 AP-BIE diverted in on Sunday evening

while operating their Islamabad-Trazbon-Manchester service....

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.... after spending the night at BHX it positioned to Manchester
Photo: Ron Kosys
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Air Via Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDC positioned in to operate a
Thomas Cook IT flight to Las Palmas
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECX arrived from Hamburg were
it had diverted on Saturday while enroute to Heathrow - it then
operated an additional flight back to Dubai.. Photo: Mike Hollick
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To add to the weather related problems Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVC
- which operated the Swiss flight from Zurich - suffered a hydraulic
failure on arrival blocking Taxiway Alpha.... ..Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... while the aircraft was being recovered to the terminal it was
necessary for departing aircraft to wait.... ..Photo: Ian Bowley
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.... as landing aircraft back tracked to clear the Runway

- SAS MD 82 LN-RML exits at Echo One
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Aircraft that have been at Birmingham over the weekend like

FedEx/Air Contractors ATR 72-202F EI-FXG which was parked

on the Elmdon apron remained snow bound.... ..Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... with Danu Oro ATR 42-300F LY-OOV needing a full de ice
Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... and there was still plenty of snow to go around!!