Sunday, June 28, 2009

Shaheen Air launches Peshawar-Muscat flight


Shaheen Air, Pakistan's second national carrier, has announced the launch of two flights a week from Muscat to Peshawar. Shaheen Air is now operating Boeing 737 aircraft, full economy class with 121 seat capacity on every Sunday and Thursday with uniform timings. Departure from Peshawar starts at 0045 hours and arrival in Muscat is at 0130 hours. Departure from Muscat starts at 0215 hours and arrival into Peshawar is at 1015 hours (via Kuwait.

Shaheen Air was taken over by the TAWA group of companies, Canada in June 2004 and since then Shaheen Air has expanded its fleet and acquired new routes to facilitate air travel at a reasonable price. The Gulf network of Shaheen Air includes Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain in addition to Muscat, which was added in August, 2007. In 2007, Shaheen Air introduced e-Ticketing and online booking with a dynamic pricing structure offering more than 70-80 per cent discount for passengers booking and purchasing tickets in advance. National Travel & Tourism is the GSA for Shaheen Air in Oman.

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