KARACHI: Fly Jinnah’s first flight arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday after departing from Karachi.
The inaugural flight 9p672 took off from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport to Islamabad at 1:11 pm. The flight was scheduled to take off at 12 pm but was delayed by an hour and 11 minutes.
Pakistan’s cheapest airline used a three-year-old Airbus A320 with registration number AP-BOP for its inaugural flight.
The airline will operate daily flights to Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. Four flights will go to Quetta during the week.
Tickets for all destinations will be priced at Rs 13,999 and passengers will be allowed to carry 10 kg of baggage. Passengers will also be entertained during the flight.
The inauguration ceremony was held at a private hotel in Karachi. Airline Chief Operating Officer Arman Yahya said that Fly Jinnah is a low-cost airline. He said that the airline will keep its operating costs low, which will benefit the public in the form of lower fares.
“The support that Air Arabia has given us is mainly in the training sector and their support is always with us,” Yahya said at the event.
