Overview
- Provincial officials say the carrier will start with seven passenger aircraft on domestic routes for two years, with the chief minister’s helicopter inducted as the first asset and government travel charged at full fare.
- Information Minister Azma Bukhari says the aircraft drawing attention forms part of the Air Punjab fleet being assembled through a mix of purchases and leases, with details to follow once arrangements are finalised.
- Open-source tracking shows a 2019 Gulfstream GVII-G500 (MSN 72022), previously US-registered as N144S, flying VIP legs in Punjab and using the call sign “Punjab 2” on February 16.
- A November 2025 S&GAD vacancy for a VIP Flight pilot explicitly preferring G500 type ratings provides the clearest official corroboration of the jet’s induction.
- Opposition figures and analysts question the lack of disclosure and the estimated Rs10–11 billion value, drawing comparisons with the recent PIA privatisation, while reports say the jet remains US-registered pending Pakistani paperwork.