Pakistan’s second largest carrier, airblue, is in discussions plans to expand its activities in the UK market as it embarks on a fleet expansion following the arrival of additional A320 Family aircraft and its first A340-300 wide-body jets. 

The airline is studying new flights to London and Birmingham while it plans to also increase its presence in Manchester, an existing market for the carrier.

A new link to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is also due to be introduced, subject to the carrier securing traffic rights.

airblue was established in 2003 and inaugurated operations on June 18th, 2004 initially on domestic routes from Karachi to Islamabad and Lahore.