INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Islamabad International Airport inaugurated ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday
inaugurated new Islamabad International Airport.The prime minister was accompanied by the governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab,
Adviser Civil Aviation Sardar Mehtab and the Mayor Islamabad.The airport is slated to be one of Asia's major aviation hubs and a
It is built on 4,238 acres of land and consists of 4-level passenger terminal building, 2 runways, taxiways, apron, parking bays for
wide-body aircraft.The first flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Karachi landed at the new airport at 11am, while the first
flight of the national airline will depart for Karachi at 12.30pm.There is a cargo terminal, air traffic control complex, fuel farm, as well
as a fire, crash, and rescue facility
It is fully equipped to handle all types of aircraft including the new generation aircraft such as the Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8 and Airbus
A350 XWB aircraft.The airport is connected to Islamabad and Rawalpindi via the Kashmir Highway and Motorway via Thallian interchange with
the link to the proposed ring road
A four-lane highway has also been constructed by NHA to cater cargo traffic
The Islamabad Metro bus project is also being expanded to connect the airport but the work is still underway on the project.Being the first
Greenfield airport, a significant portion of the land has been earmarked for the commercial purposes such as duty-free shops, 5-star hotel
and convention center, branded coffee shops, business centre, food courts, multifunction shopping mall, theme park, cinemas, golf course and
other leisure/recreational facilities.It took almost 11 years to build the new Islamabad International Airport after the ground breaking in
The 4-level passenger terminal building is 190,370 square metres specifically designed to facilitate passengers and stakeholders and is
completely high-tech and fully computerised with integrated systems of international standards.The airport is also equipped with the latest
facilities like 15 Contact Bays/Passenger Boarding Bridges including 9 International, 5 domestic and 1 swing gate
13 Remote parking Bays for aircraft including 9 International and 4 domestic with 3 additional parking stands at the Cargo Apron and 2
other international flights are linked to the main international building with facilities like food court and other entertainment facilities
technology available in the world, most state of the art Flight Information Display system is installed in domestic and international
arrivals and departures lounges
30 Immigrations counters in international departure lounge and 40 immigration counters in international arrival lounge, 72 international
briefing counters and 32 domestic briefing counters are installed.The main car parking area for passengers has the parking capacity of 2,200
vehicles having 9 entry and 9 exit toll booths for all the international and domestic passengers
Other state of art allied services like Telecom Services Building, Bachelor Officer Quarters, Medical/Trauma Center, Mosque, Civil Aviation
Authority Staff Accommodation, 2 Petrol Pumps (Airside Landside), Police Station, Security Watch Towers, Out House, Cargo Complex, Custom
Cargo Building, Airport Operation Control Center GED North / Log Centre North MT, Fire Crash Rescue Building (FCR), Satellite Fire Station,
Radio Radar Building (RRB), Telecom Services Building, ASF Camp, 132 KVA Grid Station
