Which are the busiest airports in Pakistan and which are the biggest carriers serving the market? Which are the leading country markets and which carriers have abandoned the market in recent years? How global is PIA’s network and which new routes have been started in the last 15 months?
This week’s new routes come mostly from Asia and the Middle East. Afriqiyah starts service from Libya to Dubai, while Pakistan’s airblue links Lahore with Muscat. India’s Paramount began a new domestic route and Hong Kong Express launched flights to Manila in competition with three other carriers. Norwegian re-started a domestic route, and Pacific Blue started Auckland-Melbourne.
Six new routes that started this week from six different airlines, plus an update on one that was supposed to start this week but has been delayed.
jetBlue lookalike airblue is based in Pakistan and has a growing share of the domestic market. It also serves Dubai and Manchester (via Ankara) with half a dozen Airbus aircraft. How vibrant is the Pakistan market and what other routes does airblue have its eye on? And how many aircraft has it ordered to aid growth?
