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==Destinations==
==Destinations==
Bhoja Air serves the following destinations in Pakistan as of March 2012:{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}
Bhoja Air serves the following destinations (as of March 2012):

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Revision as of 19:16, 27 April 2012

Bhoja Air
File:Bhoja Air Logo.jpeg
IATA ICAO Callsign
B4 BHO BHOJA
Founded1993
Commenced operations7 November 1993
6 March 2012 (Relaunch)
Ceased operations2000 (Pre relaunch)
Operating basesJinnah International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations5
Parent companyBhoja Group of Companies, Arshad Jalil
HeadquartersKarachi, Pakistan
Key peopleM. Farouk Omar Bhoja (Chairman)
M. Arshad Jalil (MD)
Websitewww.bhojaair.com.pk
File:Bhoja-air-AP-BKC-Plane-Crashed-In-Islamabad-File-Photo- Standing At JIAP Karachi February 2012.jpg
A Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 parked at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi in 2012. This aircraft later crashed as Flight 213.

Bhoja Airlines (Pvt) Ltd., doing business as Bhoja Air (Urdu: بھوجا ائیر), is an airline based in PECHS, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] It operates a small domestic scheduled network. It ceased operations in 2000 due to financial difficulties, but after clearing its dues with CAA it was relaunched in 2011 and its inaugural flight was on 6 March 2012. [2]

History

On 7 November 1993, Bhoja Air started operations on domestic routes between Karachi, Lahore and Quetta with a dry leased Boeing 737-200. It was registered in Pakistan making Bhoja the first private airline in the country to operate a Western manufactured aircraft. Bhoja Air is a privately owned airline of the Bhoja Group of Companies with its head office at Shahrah–e-Liaquat, Karachi and corporate offices at KDA Scheme No 1. In 1996, it signed a deal with the handling agent group OGDENS with complete ground handling equipment at Karachi, capable of handling Boeing 747s. In the same year another sister company, Pakistan Aviators and Aviation located at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore was purchased[according to whom?], along with a hotel for passenger stop-overs.

On 24 January 1998 Bhoja Air commenced international flights from Karachi to Dubai. Later, Bhoja Air operated flights to the U.A.E from all major cities of Pakistan. However due to financial difficulties, Bhoja Air suspended its operations in 2000, although its airline licence issued by CAA – Pakistan remained valid and it maintained a fully functional headquarters office in Karachi and a flight ops and ramp office at Karachi Jinnah International.

M. Farouk Omar Bhoja is the non-executive Chairman of the airline and has a 5% shareholding in the entity; Zeeshan M. Karimi and Mazahir Hassan hold 7.5% each; and the remaining controlling interest is held by Arshad Jalil and his family.[3][4]

Destinations

Bhoja Air serves the following destinations (as of March 2012):

[Base] Base
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Islamabad  Pakistan ISB OPRN Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Karachi  Pakistan KHI OPKC Jinnah International Airport [Base]
Lahore  Pakistan LHE OPLA Allama Iqbal International Airport
Multan  Pakistan MUX OPMT Multan International Airport
Sukkur  Pakistan SKZ OPSK Sukkur Airport

Fleet

The Bhoja Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2012):[5]

Bhoja Air Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
Boeing 737-200 1
Boeing 737-400 1
Total 2

Former Aircraft

Bhoja Air has also operated the previous aircraft:

Aircraft
Yakovlev Yak-42D

Incidents and accidents

On 20 April 2012, a Boeing 737-236 (AP-BKC), Bhoja Air Flight 213 carrying 127 people on a flight from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport destined for Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport crashed near Chaklala killing all on board. Eye-witness reports say that the aircraft was already on fire on its landing approach before it crashed, perhaps due to a strike of lightning.[6][7][8] Initial reports suggest that as the pilots of Flight 213 attempted to land amidst rain and strong winds, the aircraft might have flown into an unexpected wind shear.[9] The aircraft was on dry-lease from South African airline Comair, and had been acquired and placed in service by Bhoja Air in February 2012.[10] Minister for Interior A. Rehman Malik said on Sunday, the 22nd of April 2012 that all shareholders of the Airline, had been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL).[11]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us." (Archive) Bhoja Air. Retrieved on 21 April 2012. "46-K, Block 6, P.E.C.H.S., Karachi, Pakistan." - See map, Archive
  2. ^ "[1]"
  3. ^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/368245/bhoja-air-crash-officials-differ-over-the-events-that-led-to-crash/
  4. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-14080-CAA-reluctant-to-cancel-Bhoja-Air-licence
  5. ^ Bhoja Air Fleet
  6. ^ "All 127 on board Islamabad-bound plane perish". Dawn.Com. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  7. ^ "Bhoja Air plane crash kills 127 in Pakistan; black box found". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  8. ^ Awami Admin. "Bhoja Aircraft Crashed near Koraal Chowk Rawalpindi". Awami Web. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  9. ^ Wind shear may have caused the crash
  10. ^ Name *. "AP-BKC Background | Planespotters". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  11. ^ "Bhoja Airlines owner put on ECL". Pakwatan.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.

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