ABU DHABI Airports Company announced that Airblue, Pakistan’s largest private airline, has added a new route to its destinations served directly from Abu Dhabi International Airport.
The new Abu Dhabi - Peshawar route, which began operation on December 19, brings the carrier’s number of weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to a total of 18.
The airline will operate its fleet of new generation A319, A320 and A321 aircraft to service the new route with a daily flight. The flights are scheduled to depart Abu Dhabi at 6am and arrive in Peshawar at 10am with returning flights departing Peshawar at 11am to arrive to Abu Dhabi at 1pm.
Ahmed Al Haddabi, senior vice president of airport operations at ADAC, said: “Witnessing the eagerness of our airlines to develop their routes from Abu Dhabi International Airport reinforces our commitment to providing the best of services to our passengers and airlines. Air Blue’s new Abu Dhabi-Peshawar route will expand the connection towards major population centres on the subcontinent. The existing Lahore and Islamabad flights have been serving the needs of both our local community and travellers from Pakistan and this new route will improve the choice and convenience we offer from Abu Dhabi International Airport.”
Mr. Raheel Ahmed, General Manager of Marketing at Air Blue, said: “This new route to Peshawar will help satisfy the growing demand we are experiencing. There are around 900,000 Pakistani nationals living in the UAE, of which a large number live within easy reach of the airport in Abu Dhabi. So we are sure of the success of this new route.”