is a private
Airline based at
Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi ,
Sindh ,
Pakistan .
The Airline started in
1999 but was closed down due to unpaid taxes to the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). It plans to restart its operations in
2006 .
On
January ,
2006 , ., which seeks to resume domestic flights next month, is in talks with
Airbus Company to lease 10 planes for its proposed overseas routes next year. "The talks with Airbus are going on" for leasing six
Airbus A321-200 and four Airbus
A310-300 , said Junaid Makhdomi, chief executive of the Karachi-based airline in a Jan. 18 interview, without giving details. The carrier, which stopped operations in 2000 due to losses, are now backed by investors in U.K. and Pakistan, Makhdomi said.
Safe International plans to start services to Pakistan's biggest cities such as
Karachi ,
Lahore ,
Peshawar and
Islamabad , he said. In 2007, the airline plans to begin flights overseas including
Oslo and
Copenhagen in
Europe and
Bangkok ,
Kuala Lumpur and
Manila in
Southeast Asia , Makhdomi said.
On
February 19,
2006 , the new management of inked a deal to acquire four 737-200 aircraft worth $18 million. "The airline will acquire these aircraft on dry lease with a purchase option," Shahid Ali Khan, Chief Executive Officer of the airline told The News. "The airline plans to increase its fleet size to 15 aircraft by the end of current year," he said. The airline struck the deal with
Safair of
South Africa during the last week in Johannesburg.
Currently Safe Air is planning to lease the following aircraft from Airbus;
# ''Safe Air, CAA reach accord'',
Jang Newspaper , January 18, 2006
# ''Pakistan's Safe International Plans to Lease 10 Airbus Planes (New York),'' Bloomberg, 2006-01-24 00:09
# ''New star in Pak sky set to emerge'',
International-The News , February 19, 2006
