Shaheen Air International (Karachi International) has taken delivery of its maiden A319-100, AP-BNI (msn 2404), Skyliner Aviation has reported.

Formerly TC-JUA with Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport), the twinjet was positioned from Istanbul Atatürk to Karachi International on January 13.

The aircraft is one of seven ex-Turkish Airlines A319s the Pakistani carrier will lease from AerCap.

Shaheen Air International's narrowbody fleet also entails eight A320-200s and nine B737-400s (of which only one is believed to be operational).