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With the departure of a Boeing-767 flight yesterday, the national airline of the UAE, Etihad Airways launched its first scheduled flight to Karachi, the Pakistan’s business capital with an initial frequency of four flights per week, creating jitters among competitors. The Karachi flight represents still more growth and is Etihad’s 13th destination in its 11-month [...]

Swiss WorldCargo has started freighter services between Karachi and Zurich from October 31 which would satisfy the strong capacity demand on this route. Vice President, Area Management Intercontinental, Swiss WorldCargo, Serge Tripet announced this while addressing the introductory ceremony here. The three weekly departures to and from Karachi represent a unique offer for midweek and [...]

Etihad Airways has announced it will begin direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Karachi effective November 2, 2004. Initial flight frequency is on a four times per week basis. “We are very excited about this new link between our two countries,” said Kevin Steele, Head of World Sales for Etihad Airways. Steele noted the airline’s [...]

Pakistan is to sell five Super Mashak aircraft to a private company of South Africa and the signing ceremony in this regard will be one of the salient features of the Ideas 2004 defence equipment exhibition opening here on Sept 13. Delivery of the 20 Super Mashaks, produced at the PAC Kamra, will commence soon. [...]

Keeping in view the importance and the immediate requirement of the country in the field of avionics, establishment of an institute of avionics and aerospace was the need of the hour… The institute will help solve the research and development problems of private and public sector institutions, he observed. The project will be helpful in [...]

The Global Spirit Airlines will soon inaugurate the air services between Islamabad and Manchester. The airline will operate under the UK Civil Aviation regulations and is initially planning to operate twice weekly from Manchester to Islamabad. The Chairman of the Airlines Tasejad Jeffery said that they were just awaiting the final paperwork from the Pakistani [...]

Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that a helicopter service will be introduced in the Lahore region for transporting people injured during natural calamities and other accidents. He made the announcement at a meeting in the Mayo Hospital here on Saturday…

The PIA planetarium will be shifted to the University of Karachi campus from its existing location, and will become a part of KU’s Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics. Talking to media men after inaugurating an IT institute’s building at Karachi University, Dr Attaur Rahman, who is also the chairman of the Higher Education Commission, [...]

A one-day exhibition of aircraft models drew large crowds to the PAF Museum on Sunday. At least seven participants, mostly dedicated hobbyists, put on display 70-odd models of aircraft and other military equipment and vehicles. Apart from aircraft models made from kits, there were models skill fully made with wood on display. Shakeel Yousuf Khokar, [...]

Forty-year-old Rifaat Haye is one of the only three women to fly for Pakistan International Airlines. Fourteen years back she did the unthinkable in Pakistani society. She began flying lessons and made it as one of only three women to fly for Pakistan International Airlines “My family was quite supportive of me except my husband [...]