UKIA

[Mr Angry from Purley]

ATNotts
Might have been a few free loaders on launch getting off in SHJ for the night. Who cares, UKIA up and running and good luck to them . When is the next flight!

[mike21]

correction please

only 6 pax for Sharjah and rest all were for Islamabad.

[First Bag]

I took the figures off the Servisair screens so they must of been wrong then !

[ATNotts]

Makes a lot more sense - most of the pax being destined to ISB.

[END BAG]

The next flight is showing on the operations screen on23/10/ 2007 as IH003 EMA-ISB/SHJ DEPARTING AT 19-15.There are no passenger figures showing on the ops sreen.

[paul atkins]

hey all i was told on friday that this tuesdays flight had sold 60% of all seats so with another 3 days of sales to go i would imagine figures similar to fridays

[paul atkins]

website now updated with news about last fridays flight

[owenkirk2005]

There is also a offer on for islamabad flights too. £399 return for bookings made by 13th november. Just had a look at PIA's fares from manchester and they are around £400-£550 return so obviously UKIA have had a look at the current market and seen sense to make there fares look very attractive. Well done UKIA.

[Centre cities]

Before anyone gets carried away with pax loads, the fares are lower than PIA, this will perhaps force their fares down and the yield.

Uzbec etc were flying good loads from BHX and LHR to India but with Air India and Jet the fares got so low to attract the passengers. The loads were maintained but the yield collapsed and the services were unprofitable ( or so I am told ).

I would imagine that there are introductory fare offers with UKIA, lets see what happens in the medium term before getting to excited.


Centre cities

[Nimrod6]

Just hold your horses!

Lets not get too carried away, because rumour has it that today's flight is non-ops. Why is this?

[dumdumbrain]

And todays flights is showing: IH003Sharjah19:15Cancelled anyone know why?

[END BAG]

Hi all
The baggage handlers have been told that today,s flight is cancelled due to the runway at Islamabad closed for repairs.A bad time for that to happen to UKIA. Hopefully friday,s flight should be o.k.

[S78]

Runway closed at ISB? Maybe someone should have told PIA - Today's BHX-ISB flight is running as normal.....




S78

[The Real Slim Shady]

Oprn Notam

A0431/07 - MAIN RUNWAY 12/30 IS NOT AVBL DUE RE-CARPETING
WORK IN PROGRESS. DAILY BTN 1600-2359, 23 JUL 16:00 2007 UNTIL 22 JAN 23:59
2008. CREATED: 20 JUN 08:06 2007

Only non available from 16 - 2359.

Departing UK at 1915L (2315L in ISB) with about 7 hrs 30 to SJH gets in around 0645 (ISB time). Allow 1 hr on the ground for a 0745 (ISB time departure) and maybe 3 hrs max to ISB would have it landing at 1045 ish in ISB and out before the closure if they get the turn round at ISB sorted.

Hmmm.

[Yak97]

ISB Airport

From ISB airport website (Presume they mean EMA not MEA) for tomorrow:

UKI-3 MEA-SHJ-ISB Sharjah Wednesday 11:45 Wednesday 11:45 Confirmed at Karachi

UKI-5 ISB-SHJ-MEA Sharjah Wednesday 13:00 Wednesday 13:00 Scheduled

So plenty of time to get in and out?

[spanishflea]

Nothing to do with ISB's runway, bit of a red herring there.

[lordsummerisle]

Closed due to re-carpeting??

[END BAG]

The UKIA is parked up in its normal place down the hangars having some maintenance done and at the moment Fridays flight is showing as operating to ISB/SHJ at 19-15.

[Readability 5]

MAIN RUNWAY 12/30 IS NOT AVBL DUE TO RE-CARPETING WORK IN PROGRESS. DAILY BTN 1600 - 2359.

No wonder its taking so long, have you ever tried to get a carpet fitter to work those hours!

R5

[owenkirk2005]

Is the Islamabad flight going ahead tommorow? any advanced passenger figures? The UKIA is reportedly back on the main apron, on tuesday it was down maintainence area which was proberly the reason it was cancelled.