Pakistan’s low-cost carrier Fly Jinnah commenced operations to Sharjah in the UAE earlier this month.
On 17 February, the carrier undertook its first flight between Islamabad and Sharjah, which also marked its first international service.
Fly Jinnah is operated jointly by Lakson Group of Pakistan and the UAE’s Air Arabia Group.
The Islamabad-Sharjah route will be operated twice daily. 9P 740 departs Islamabad at 7.10am and lands in Sharjah at 9.45am. 9P 741 then leaves from Sharjah at 10.25am and arrives back in Islamabad at 2.20pm.
The second daily flight, 9P 742, departs from Islamabad at 8.15pm and lands in the UAE at 10.50pm. 9P 743 then leaves from Sharjah at 11.30pm and arrives back in Islamabad at 3.25am.
Both flights are operated by the airline’s A320 aircraft. Fly Jinnah said that to cater to its expanded operations, it recently added two new Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet taking the total number of its aircraft to five.
The latest flight adds to the growing number of airlines that operate to the emirate of Sharjah. The Sharjah Airport Authority said that the number of passengers passing through Sharjah airport in 2023 reached 15.3 million. This figure is a 17.4 per cent increase over its 2022 numbers of 13.1 million passengers.
Subsequently, there was a 12.5 per cent growth in overall air traffic with over 98,000 flight movements in 2023, compared to around 87,000 in 2022.
Sharjah airport is linked to more than 100 destinations through 33 international airlines in 62 countries.
