Airblue, Pakistan's fastest growing airline, on Monday announced the record travel of over 100,000 passengers and the highest monthly revenue ever on its network in the month of August.
Airblue Managing Director Syed Nasir Ali stated that the airline had been able to achieve this performance due to continuous growth in its network and induction of the latest in industry systems.
He cited the addition of Islamabad to Manchester flights, the first ever long-haul flights by a private sector Pakistani airline, as a major contributor to these record revenues and number of passengers flown.
Airblue was launched in June 2004 with 12 daily flights from Karachi to Lahore and Islamabad; the airline now operates 26 daily flights to seven domestic destinations in addition to Dubai and Manchester.-PR