Shaheen Air International (Urdu: شاہین ایئر) was a private Pakistani airline with its head office at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and was founded by the Shah family. It remained Pakistan's second-largest airline until its liquidation in 2018 due to financial troubles. The airline owed Rs. 1.36 billion to Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA) and its employees salaries.[1]
Shaheen Air Cargo was a division of Shaheen Air International that was established in 1993, soon after the inception of the airline. Shaheen Air provided special services for sending small time-sensitive consignments.[2]
On 22 May 2004, the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA) grounded Shaheen Air as the airline owed it millions of rupees. Three days later the airline was cleared by the CAA to resume its domestic and international operations. The clearance letter was issued by CAA following receipt of a payment from Shaheen Air International towards the outstanding dues and funds. The same year, Shaheen Air International (SAI) became Shaheen Air and the airline introduced a new livery and corporate website.
Shaheen Air started its own maintenance repair organization (MRO) by the name of Shaheen Engineering and Aircraft Maintenance Services (SEAMS) to provide maintenance services to Shaheen Air as well as other regional and international airlines.
In its international operations, Shaheen Air operated between Pakistan and numerous destinations in the Middle East. Shaheen Air once started flight operations to Riyadh with three different routes from Pakistan.[3]
Shaheen Air was Pakistan's second-largest airline next to the flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines but due to the downturn in 2018, the airline declined. The airline was declared a defaulter by PCAA and FBR.[4] In October 2018, SAI flight operations were completely suspended by the local regularity body PCAA and the airline declared a financial defaulter. Since November 2018, all SAI offices have closed.[5]
Investor Rumor and Liquidationedit
Shaheen reported an un-named investor from Saudi Arabia was to help the airline return to service from January 2019.[6]
Even after repeated protests by the 5,000 employees, who were still owed months of wages, as of February 2019 no investigation into the matter had been initiated by any of the agencies, including the Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Ministry of Aviation.[7]
Destinationsedit
Shaheen Air operated the following services as of July 2018.[8] All of their routes were suspended in October 2018.[9] In January 2019, they announced they would not resume business.
Shaheen Air Airbus A330-200A Shaheen Air International Tupolev Tu-154M taxiing at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates in 1999.Shaheen Air Airbus A320-200
Two Airbus A320-200 remain in storage.[13] The rest of the aircraft were leased and were returned to the lessors after the airline ceased operations.[14] Pakistani law requires a passenger airline to have a minimum of three aircraft in its fleet, and Shaheen's fleet of two stored aircraft does not fulfil the mandatory requirement of the license to operate. Many of the old derelict planes of Shaheen Air are abandoned at Jinnah International Airport. On 26 January 2020, one of these planes, a Boeing 737-200, registered as AP-BIS, was destroyed by fire.[15]
22 April 2012 - the main landing gear of a Boeing 737-400 operating as Flight 122 from Islamabad to Karachi collapsed during its landing at Karachi. No injuries were reported among the 122 passengers and 6 crew on board.[16]
24 September 2015 - a Boeing 737-400 registered AP-BJR and operating as Flight 791 took off from a taxiway instead of the runway while departing from Sharjah. The aircraft was undamaged in the incident.[17]
23 November 2015 - A Boeing 737-400 registration AP-BJO, operating as Flight 142, collapsed during a botched and mishandled landing. There were 112 passengers and 7 crew members on board; 10 passengers were injured. The cause of the accident was due to the captain being intoxicated and under the influence of alcohol.[18]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Shaheen Air International Urdu شاہین ایئر was a private Pakistani airline with its head office at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and was founded by the Shah family It remained Pakistan s second largest airline until its liquidation in 2018 due to financial troubles The airline owed Rs 1 36 billion to Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan CAA and its employees salaries 1 Shaheen Air InternationalIATA ICAO CallsignNL SAI SHAHEEN AIRFounded1993Commenced operations25 October 1994 citation needed Ceased operations08 October 2018HubsJinnah International AirportFleet size0Destinations0HeadquartersKarachi PakistanWebsiteshaheenair wbr com archives It provided passenger cargo and charter services to major cities in Pakistan and the Middle East It suspended all operations in October 2018 Contents 1 History 1 1 Investor Rumor and Liquidation 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3 1 Former fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp A former Shaheen Air Boeing 737 200 Shaheen Air Cargo was a division of Shaheen Air International that was established in 1993 soon after the inception of the airline Shaheen Air provided special services for sending small time sensitive consignments 2 On 22 May 2004 the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan CAA grounded Shaheen Air as the airline owed it millions of rupees Three days later the airline was cleared by the CAA to resume its domestic and international operations The clearance letter was issued by CAA following receipt of a payment from Shaheen Air International towards the outstanding dues and funds The same year Shaheen Air International SAI became Shaheen Air and the airline introduced a new livery and corporate website Shaheen Air started its own maintenance repair organization MRO by the name of Shaheen Engineering and Aircraft Maintenance Services SEAMS to provide maintenance services to Shaheen Air as well as other regional and international airlines In its international operations Shaheen Air operated between Pakistan and numerous destinations in the Middle East Shaheen Air once started flight operations to Riyadh with three different routes from Pakistan 3 Shaheen Air was Pakistan s second largest airline next to the flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines but due to the downturn in 2018 the airline declined The airline was declared a defaulter by PCAA and FBR 4 In October 2018 SAI flight operations were completely suspended by the local regularity body PCAA and the airline declared a financial defaulter Since November 2018 all SAI offices have closed 5 Investor Rumor and Liquidation edit Shaheen reported an un named investor from Saudi Arabia was to help the airline return to service from January 2019 6 Even after repeated protests by the 5 000 employees who were still owed months of wages as of February 2019 no investigation into the matter had been initiated by any of the agencies including the Federal Board of Revenue Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Ministry of Aviation 7 Destinations editShaheen Air operated the following services as of July 2018 8 All of their routes were suspended in October 2018 9 In January 2019 they announced they would not resume business Country City Airport Notes nbsp China Guangzhou Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Terminated 10 nbsp Iran Mashhad Mashhad International Airport Terminated nbsp Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport Terminated nbsp Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminated 11 nbsp Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport Terminated nbsp Pakistan Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport TerminatedFaisalabad Faisalabad International Airport TerminatedIslamabad Islamabad International Airport TerminatedKarachi Jinnah International Airport TerminatedLahore Allama Iqbal International Airport TerminatedMultan Multan International Airport TerminatedPeshawar Bacha Khan International Airport TerminatedQuetta Quetta International Airport TerminatedRahim Yar Khan Shaikh Zayed International Airport TerminatedSialkot Sialkot International Airport TerminatedSukkur Sukkur Airport Terminated nbsp Qatar Doha Doha International Airport Terminated nbsp Saudi Arabia Dammam King Fahad International Airport TerminatedJeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport TerminatedMedina Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport TerminatedRiyadh King Khalid International Airport Terminated nbsp United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport TerminatedAl Ain Al Ain International Airport TerminatedDubai Dubai International Airport TerminatedSharjah Sharjah International Airport Terminated nbsp United Kingdom Leeds Bradford Leeds Bradford Airport TerminatedManchester Manchester Airport Terminated 12 Fleet edit nbsp Shaheen Air Airbus A330 200 nbsp A Shaheen Air International Tupolev Tu 154M taxiing at Dubai International Airport United Arab Emirates in 1999 nbsp Shaheen Air Airbus A320 200Two Airbus A320 200 remain in storage 13 The rest of the aircraft were leased and were returned to the lessors after the airline ceased operations 14 Pakistani law requires a passenger airline to have a minimum of three aircraft in its fleet and Shaheen s fleet of two stored aircraft does not fulfil the mandatory requirement of the license to operate Many of the old derelict planes of Shaheen Air are abandoned at Jinnah International Airport On 26 January 2020 one of these planes a Boeing 737 200 registered as AP BIS was destroyed by fire 15 Former fleet edit Boeing 737 200 Boeing 737 400 Boeing 737 800 Boeing 767 200ER Airbus A300B4 203 Airbus A319 100 Airbus A320 200 Airbus A330 200 Airbus A330 300 Tupolev Tu 154M Yakovlev Yak 42DAccidents and incidents edit22 April 2012 the main landing gear of a Boeing 737 400 operating as Flight 122 from Islamabad to Karachi collapsed during its landing at Karachi No injuries were reported among the 122 passengers and 6 crew on board 16 24 September 2015 a Boeing 737 400 registered AP BJR and operating as Flight 791 took off from a taxiway instead of the runway while departing from Sharjah The aircraft was undamaged in the incident 17 23 November 2015 A Boeing 737 400 registration AP BJO operating as Flight 142 collapsed during a botched and mishandled landing There were 112 passengers and 7 crew members on board 10 passengers were injured The cause of the accident was due to the captain being intoxicated and under the influence of alcohol 18 26 January 2020 a Boeing 737 200 registration AP BIS was destroyed by fire the incident occurred at Karachi Jinnah International Airport Pakistan 19 References edit Tahir Zulqernain 7 December 2018 Owners of Shaheen Air International flee abroad DAWN COM Shaheen Air Cargo services accessed 2009 12 31 Shaheen Air flights for Riyadh Anna Aero Shaheen Air inaugurates operations in Riyadh with three routes from Pakistan Cheung Tai Ming Tai Ming Cheung 1 September 2018 China s Entrepreneurial Army Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199246908 via Google Books Shaheen Air s operations have been stopped because it can t pay its debts Samaa Digital Samaa TV October 2018 Report Monitoring 26 October 2018 Shaheen Air aiming to restart operations by January Report Driessche Maarten Van Den 13 February 2019 Shaheen Air International officially announced its closure Shaheen Air schedule Shaheen Air s operations have been stopped because it can t pay its debts SAMAA October 2018 https www shaheenair com index php r info routemap Shaheen suspends Kuala Lumpur Shaheen Air ends Manchester service in mid Feb 2017 Airlineroute 3 February 2017 Retrieved 3 February 2017 Shaheen Air Fleet Details and History www planespotters net Retrieved 2019 11 17 Last plane of Shaheen Air International leaves Pakistan Pakistan Aviation 2018 10 07 Retrieved 2019 11 17 Boeing 737 200 of defunct Shaheen Air set on fire at Karachi Airport Pakistan 27 January 2020 Accident Shaheen B734 at Karachi on Apr 22nd 2012 left main gear collapse on landing avherald com Report Shaheen B734 at Sharjah on Sep 24th 2015 took off from taxiway avherald com Accident Shaheen B734 at Lahore on Nov 3rd 2015 runway excursion both main gear collapsed avherald com Accident Shaheen Boeing 737 200 at Karachi on 26 Jan 2020 destroyed by fire External links edit nbsp Media related to Shaheen Air at Wikimedia Commons Official websitePortals nbsp Pakistan nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shaheen Air amp oldid 1216732611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
