Aircraft Sales and Services Limited

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Aircraft Sales & Services (Pvt.) Limited
ASSL logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Callsign
-ACSAIRCRAFT SALES
Founded1976
Hubs Jinnah International Airport
Fleet size3
Parent company Aircraft Sales & Services (Pvt.) Limited
Headquarters Karachi
Key peopleAkbar Rahim Jaffer (CEO) Abdul Razzak Jaffer (Chairman)
Website www.asslpk.com

Aircraft Sales & Services (Pvt.) Limited is an air charter company in Pakistan based at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi since 1976. ASSL has provided air charter and medical evacuation services to various oil and gas exploration and mining companies in isolated regions such as Islamkot, Kadanwari, Sawan, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Jiwani, Ormara, Bhit, Khuzdar, Dalbadin, Panjgur and other remote areas of Pakistan.

Air charter Form of Business Transportation

Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats.

Jinnah International Airport International airport of Pakistan

Jinnah International Airport is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 6,697,073 passengers in 2017-2018. Located in Karachi, the largest city and commercial capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh, it is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Karachi Megacity in Sindh, Pakistan

Karachi (Urdu: کراچی‎; ALA-LC: Karācī, IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi]; is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the most populous city in Pakistan, and fifth-most-populous city proper in the world. Ranked as a beta-global city, the city is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. It is the cultural, economic, philanthropic, educational, and political hub of the country, and Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city. Situated on the Arabian Sea, Karachi serves as a transport hub, and is home to Pakistan's two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport.

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History

The company traces it beginnings to 1971, where the airline was originally called Agricultural Aviation Pvt. Limited. It has operated a variety of small aircraft on charter operations especially to national and multinational oil & gas exploration companies during the last four decades. In August 2007 the company received approval for rights to operate passenger services with its newly inducted Fokker F27. The company has its own maintenance center and also sells aircraft and spare parts.

Fleet

As of February 2019 the following aircraft are in the Aircraft & Sales Services fleet: [1] [2] [3]

Aircraft Sales & Services Limited Fleet

AircraftIn ServiceOrdersNotes
Beechcraft 1900D 10
Reims F406 Caravan II 10
Piper PA-34 Seneca 10
Total30

Previously Operated

AircraftIntroducedRetiredNotes
Fokker F27-50020062012Grounded for 2 years then sold in Holland.

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References

  1. Aircraft & Sales Services Limited - our fleet Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2010-06-17
  2. "Aircraft Sales & Services Fleet". Aircraft Sales & Services Website. ASSL. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. "Aircraft Sales & Services (Pvt.) Ltd". www.asslpk.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-05-16.