SereneAir () is a privately owned Pakistani

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...

that began operating services in January 2017. SereneAir operates scheduled domestic flights within Pakistan and its first international flight departed for

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on 16 March 2021.

History

The

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) () is a state-owned autonomous body under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation, which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in Pakistan. ...

granted a license in March 2016 that permitted the establishment of SereneAir. The airline received its first aircraft, a

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, in November 2016. The airline started operations on 29 January 2017, a week after obtaining its

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. The inaugural flight departed

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

for

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

on 29 January 2017. Serene Air took delivery of their first

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on 27 August 2020.

Corporate affairs

SereneAir is a privately owned airline headquartered in Islamabad. Its

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is Air Vice Marshal(R) Muhammad Safdar Khan.

Destinations

, SereneAir flies to the following destinations:

Fleet

, SereneAir operates the following fleet of aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

* On October 8, 2023, an

(registered AP-BNE), flying from

(Pakistan) to

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(Saudi Arabia) with more than 309 Umrah pilgrims on board, was en-route about 280 NM north of

(Pakistan) when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft diverted to Karachi for a safe landing about one hour after the depressurization. * On December 2, 2021, an Airbus A330-200 (registered AP-BNG), operating a regional flight from Karachi to Islamabad was on approach to Islamabad's runway 28L when a bird impacted the landing gear of the airplane. The airplane landed safely. * On April 5, 2021, an Airbus A330-200 (registered AP-BNE), from Karachi to Islamabad with 120 people on board, was already en-route at FL370 about 220 nm northeast of Karachi when the pilot received an engine stall indication and the engine was shut down. The flight was diverted back to Karachi for a safe landing on runway 25L (Jinnah International Airport, Karachi) about 40 minutes after exiting FL370.

References

External links

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Serene Airways Online Booking
{{Airlines of Pakistan Airlines established in 2016 Airlines of Pakistan Companies based in Islamabad Pakistani companies established in 2016