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Airblue set to fly to Dubai by mid-August

Services to other UAE airports such as Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain will follow in six months, said its top official at a Press launch in Dubai yesterday, newspaper reports said.

The airline also expects to launch up to eight flights between Pakistan and the United Kingdom in the near future with a fleet expansion, said Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Airblue's Chief Operating Officer.

He said the airline was in talks with both Boeing and Airbus for acquiring up to 10 new medium- and long-range aircraft. "you will see us expanding rapidly within the next four to six months."

Airblue started operations as a private shareholding airline in Pakistan with an equity of Rs1 billion last year.

It expects go public next year with a planned listing on the Karachi Stock Exchange.

With a fleet of three leased new-generation Airbus A320 aircraft, it operates 51 flights a week within Pakistan and claims to have captured a 26 per cent domestic market share.

"We will start our Dubai services with a daily flight between Karachi and Dubai on Pakistan's Independence Day and build it up to a total of 37 weekly flights to the four Pakistani cities," said Abbasi.