[1] It provided passenger, cargo and charter services, to major cities in Pakistan and the Middle East.[2] On 22 May 2004, the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA) grounded Shaheen Air as the airline owed it millions of rupees.The clearance letter was issued by CAA following receipt of a payment from Shaheen Air International towards the outstanding dues and funds.[5] In October 2018, SAI flight operations were completely suspended by the local regularity body PCAA and the airline declared a financial defaulter.[6] Shaheen reported an un-named investor from Saudi Arabia was to help the airline return to service from January 2019.