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Airblue
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
ED
ABQ
484
 Pakblu
Airblue Airbus A319-112
Airblue
Saudi Pak Tower, Ground Floor
Blue Area
Islamabad
PAKISTAN

Tel.: +92 51 280 0176
Fax: +92 51 280 0173
SITA:
Email: publicrelations@airblue.com
Website: www.airblue.com

Type: Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger, cargo
Owner: Privately held (100%)
Base: Karachi (KHI)
Hubs: -
Start of ops: June 2004
AirBlue operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 4 x Airbus A319-100
  • 2 x A320-200 (13 on order)
  • 2 x Airbus A321-200
 Chief Executive:
Chief Operations Manager:
 Tariq Mehmood Chaudhary
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Airblue Limited (styled as airblue) is a private airline with its head office on the 12th floor of the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) Towers in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's second largest airline with over 20% share of the domestic market. Airblue operates scheduled flights operating 30 daily services linking four domestic destinations and international services to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Muscat and Manchester. Its main base is Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

Accidents and Incidents:
Date
Manufacturer
Registration
Location
Country
Fatal
Damage
28-Jul-10
 Airbus A321-231 AP-BJB 14 km NW of Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto (ISB) Pakistan
152
w/o
04-May-08
 Airbus A321-231 AP-BJA Quetta Airport (UET) Pakistan
0
substantial