Airline, no longer flying
Airlines / Pakistan
Shaheen Air was an airline from Pakistan, founded in 1993, that stopped flying in 2018. Its codes were NL (IATA) and SAI (ICAO), and its radio callsign was “SHAHEEN AIR”.
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- Shaheen Air 1993–2018
What the codes mean
The two-character IATA code is the one on tickets, boarding passes and flight numbers (NL 123). The three-letter ICAO code is used in flight plans and by air traffic control. The radio callsign is what pilots and controllers say on the radio: a flight filed as SAI123 is called “SHAHEEN AIR one two three”.
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