UK International Airlines gets flight permission from UAE and Pakistan
12.10.07
UK International Airlines, the Sheffield-based airline that intends to launch services from the UK to the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, has received its licence to launch from the Civil Aviation Authority, as well as authorities in Pakistan and the UAE.
For those not familiar with the airline, UK International Airlines Limited was formed on 13 September 2005 to operate services between the UK and Pakistan. It has published a flight Schedule indicating that it will start flights start from East Midlands Airport on October 19 (a week from today) to Sharjah (UAE) and on to Islamabad (Pakistan). Initially there will be 2 weekly round trips starting on Tuesdays and Fridays, but from December 7 these will increase to 3 weekly trips.
In the near future it hopes to be operating flights from Gatwick, Manchester and East Midlands Airport to Islamabad, Lahore and Sharjah. Future plans also include flights between the UK and Dhaka, Kathmandu, points in India and to Gambia in Africa. Its fleet currently consists of two Boeing 767-200.
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