Air Arabia launches new airline in Pakistan

The Air Arabia Group has announced it is planning to establish a joint-venture in Pakistan with the Lakson Group, one of the country's largest business conglomerates, for a new low-cost airline. The new LCC will be called Fly Jinnah.

Lakson will own 51% of the joint-venture, with Air Arabia Group the remaining 49%. Similar as its joint-venture in Armenia, Air Arabia Group will take full operational control of the airline and supply it with aircraft coming from the Group or that it has on order with Airbus.

Fly Jinnah will now begin the process of obtaining its Air Operators Certificate (AOC). The exact type and number of aircraft as well as which destinations the airline will serve will be announced closer to the launch date.

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