Start-up Airbahn secures 1st aircraft

airbahn is a new start-up in the US which is launched by the family owning Pakistani-carrier airblue. The new carrier is planning to launch flights next year and is in the process of obtaining its AOC.

Its first aircraft, which has been souced from sister-carrier airblue, has been registered N786PB (3974) on 5 October and was previously flying as AP-EDA. It's currently being prepared at Istanbul-Ataturk Airport where it has been parked since 25 January of this year. A second A320 is planned to be added within one year after launching its flights.

The airline was officially launched in 2018 with a planned launch in late 2019. This was, however, delayed and then more delayed when the Corona-pandemic struck. airbahn plans to base itself at either Long Beach (CA) or Santa Ana (CA) and will start flying from there to Calgary and Las Vegas (NV).

Illustration by airbahn.