Pakistan International proposes Islamabad – Salalah service from Feb 2017

Pakistan International Airlines has filed preliminary schedule for expanded service to Salalah in Oman, where it proposed Islamabad – Salalah route. Proposed schedule sees 2 weekly operation starting 15FEB17, on board Airbus A320 aircraft, based on week of 22JAN17’s OAG Schedules Analyser update. 

Reservation for this service is currently not available.

PK215 ISB1040 – 1340SLL 320 5
PK215 ISB2105 – 0005+1SLL 320 3

PK216 SLL0105 – 0535ISB 320 4
PK216 SLL1440 – 1910ISB 320 5

Air India to soon start direct flights to Washington, Copenhagen

NEW DELHI: Outlining its network expansion plans which include new flights and increase in frequencies to the existing domestic and international destinations, Air India today said it expects to roll out non-stop services toWashington and Copenhagen from the national capital in next fiscal. 

As part of this, Air India is expected to add two new international destinations -- Washington and Copenhagen -- and increase frequencies on domestic routes likeNagpur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Leh by July, the airline said. 

The state-run carrier had added 12 new flights in its domestic network while four flights were launched on international destinations in the previous year. 

As part of its international route network expansion plans, Air India is looking to launch its flight services to the Denmark capital Copenhagen from New Delhi in May, while the non-stop Delhi-Washington service is expected to take off in July, the airline said. 

The services to Copenhagen will be operated by the Boeing 787-8 (Dreamliner) while Delhi-Washington route would be serviced by B777, it added. 

Air India's Washington flight would be the fifth direct connection to the US, it said, adding the Copenhagen flight service will offer convenient onward connections to Scandinavian countries like Sweden, Norway, among others. 

Boeing says to deliver India's SpiceJet's first new planes in 2018

NEW DELHI - Boeing will deliver the first of the new MAX 737 jets it has agreed to sell Indian airline SpiceJet in the third quarter of 2018, a senior Indian executive at the manufacturer said on Friday. SpiceJet and Boeing announced an agreement for up to 205 planes on Friday, including a firm order for 100 new planes, 55 from a earlier 2014 deal and purchase rights for 55 more jets. Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president, Asia Pacific & India Sales at Boeing, told reporters in New Delhi that the first planes would be with SpiceJet from next year.

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