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Isb airport is looking good, it will raise the bar for other upcoming projects in Lahore and probably in Khi and other cities, including Gwadar...
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The main concern at the moment is ASF base camp is not completed which may cause the security risk. Different intelligence agnencies submitted their reports thats why ASF is not ready to start operation. On the other side all airlines were informed earlier to start operation on 20th but later informed again by tha aviation authority about further delay.
now 3 may confirmed
tarpa tarpa k iftitah karna
now 3 may confirmed
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In pictures: Shiny new Islamabad International Airport gets final touches ahead of inauguration
The airport will now open on May 3.
After going through a number of hiccups and delays, the inauguration of the newly constructed Islamabad International Airport is in sight with a test flight having landed on its runway on April 7.
In its initial phase, the airport will be capable of handling nine million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of cargo every year. After its expansion, it would be able to serve up to 25m passengers a year by 2025, authorities say.
Ahead of its awaited inauguration — which was supposed to take place on April 20 but was moved to May 3 at the eleventh hour — the new and shiny airport is getting final touches so that it is fully operational by next month.
A view of the entrance of the newly constructed Islamabad International Airport (IIA). — AFP
A view of the parking area of the airport, set to begin flight operations from May 3. — APP
Labourers giving final touches to inner area of newly constructed international airport. — APP
Baggage control area of the new airport. — APP
Labourers work at the Islamabad International Airport ahead of its official opening on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 18, 2018. — AFP
A security official from the Airport Security Force (ASF) walks through the airport. — AFP
ASF officials stand guard at the international departures door. — AFP
Labourers walk through the airport. — AFP
Workers move luggage trolleys at the newly-built Islamabad International Airport. — AFP
Trolleys are stacked inside the IIA. — AFP
A worker paints a wall near the international departures area of the IIA. — AFP
Flights schedule monitors hang at the airport.
The airport will now open on May 3.
After going through a number of hiccups and delays, the inauguration of the newly constructed Islamabad International Airport is in sight with a test flight having landed on its runway on April 7.
In its initial phase, the airport will be capable of handling nine million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of cargo every year. After its expansion, it would be able to serve up to 25m passengers a year by 2025, authorities say.
Ahead of its awaited inauguration — which was supposed to take place on April 20 but was moved to May 3 at the eleventh hour — the new and shiny airport is getting final touches so that it is fully operational by next month.
A view of the entrance of the newly constructed Islamabad International Airport (IIA). — AFP
A view of the parking area of the airport, set to begin flight operations from May 3. — APP
Labourers giving final touches to inner area of newly constructed international airport. — APP
Baggage control area of the new airport. — APP
Labourers work at the Islamabad International Airport ahead of its official opening on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 18, 2018. — AFP
A security official from the Airport Security Force (ASF) walks through the airport. — AFP
ASF officials stand guard at the international departures door. — AFP
Labourers walk through the airport. — AFP
Workers move luggage trolleys at the newly-built Islamabad International Airport. — AFP
Trolleys are stacked inside the IIA. — AFP
A worker paints a wall near the international departures area of the IIA. — AFP
Flights schedule monitors hang at the airport.
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ISLAMABAD: Operationalisation of the New Islamabad International airport has been delayed yet again as the authorities want to further test the systems and equipment before the inauguration of the Pakistan’s biggest facility which is now going to cost Rs105 billion. Now the new airport will be made operational on May 3 instead of earlier announced date of April 20.
Meanwhile, Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mahtab Khan confirmed to The News that the airport will not be named after any personality and its official name will be “Islamabad International Airport (IIAP)”.
A visit to the site revealed that most of the construction work has been completed yet there are several shortcomings that need to be addressed. The biggest shortcoming is non-availability of public transport to the airport although the management claims an agreement has been signed with a private company to start the bus service to connect the facility with Rawalpindi and Islamabad but so far the airport is only accessible through personal vehicles.
The airport has no housing facility for civil aviation staff and accommodation for Airport Security Force (ASF) is only partially available. The cost of the airport has now escalated to Rs105 billion from the initial estimate of Rs81.1 billion, a senior official of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. When the construction started in 2006 the cost estimate was Rs37 billion.
A new Kasana Dam will be constructed on 700 acres nearby to fulfil the water needs for the airport although the airport already has a smaller Rama Dam spanning over 282 acres which can fulfil the requirements for about one and a half years.
The decision to delay the launch was taken by Adviser to the Prime Minister Sardar Mahtab Khan on Wednesday after a visit to the new facility. Adviser expressed his satisfaction over the overall preparedness for operationalisation however he wanted the state of the art systems and equipment be tested and trialed more to bring it to the level of international standards.
“For that matter he gave directions to concerned authorities and particularly to CAA to do more tests and trials in order to improve reliability and efficiency of systems,” says a statement issued by CAA.
Meanwhile, the adviser confirmed to The News that the airport will not be named after any personality and its official name will be “Islamabad International Airport (IIAP)”. A media tour to the airport was arranged by CAA while authority’s Deputy Director General Aamir Mehboob briefed media about the project.
The arrival and international departure equipped with modern technologies and state of the art facilities grabbed the attention of the delegation. The airport facilities are at par with any modern international airport. It is the first Greenfield Airport in Pakistan equipped with cutting edge technologies and state of the art facilities for passengers to meet the 21st century challenges. It is capable of serving 9 million passengers and 50,000 metric tons cargo every year in its first phase. This modular design enables the expansions to serve up to 25 million passengers every year by 2025.
The airport is slated to be one of Asia's major aviation hubs and a destinations. Islamabad International Airport is designed by French company Aéroports de Paris Ingenierie and CPG Corporation of Singapore. 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.
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 April 2007. 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 parking stands at State Lounge Apron for travelling passengers, state guests and other stakeholders. The passengers making connections to other international flights are linked to the main international building with facilities like food court and other entertainment facilities like delayed flight lounges, prayer rooms, duty free shops and a transit hotel for international departure and transit passengers. Latest 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.
Meanwhile, Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mahtab Khan confirmed to The News that the airport will not be named after any personality and its official name will be “Islamabad International Airport (IIAP)”.
A visit to the site revealed that most of the construction work has been completed yet there are several shortcomings that need to be addressed. The biggest shortcoming is non-availability of public transport to the airport although the management claims an agreement has been signed with a private company to start the bus service to connect the facility with Rawalpindi and Islamabad but so far the airport is only accessible through personal vehicles.
The airport has no housing facility for civil aviation staff and accommodation for Airport Security Force (ASF) is only partially available. The cost of the airport has now escalated to Rs105 billion from the initial estimate of Rs81.1 billion, a senior official of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. When the construction started in 2006 the cost estimate was Rs37 billion.
A new Kasana Dam will be constructed on 700 acres nearby to fulfil the water needs for the airport although the airport already has a smaller Rama Dam spanning over 282 acres which can fulfil the requirements for about one and a half years.
The decision to delay the launch was taken by Adviser to the Prime Minister Sardar Mahtab Khan on Wednesday after a visit to the new facility. Adviser expressed his satisfaction over the overall preparedness for operationalisation however he wanted the state of the art systems and equipment be tested and trialed more to bring it to the level of international standards.
“For that matter he gave directions to concerned authorities and particularly to CAA to do more tests and trials in order to improve reliability and efficiency of systems,” says a statement issued by CAA.
Meanwhile, the adviser confirmed to The News that the airport will not be named after any personality and its official name will be “Islamabad International Airport (IIAP)”. A media tour to the airport was arranged by CAA while authority’s Deputy Director General Aamir Mehboob briefed media about the project.
The arrival and international departure equipped with modern technologies and state of the art facilities grabbed the attention of the delegation. The airport facilities are at par with any modern international airport. It is the first Greenfield Airport in Pakistan equipped with cutting edge technologies and state of the art facilities for passengers to meet the 21st century challenges. It is capable of serving 9 million passengers and 50,000 metric tons cargo every year in its first phase. This modular design enables the expansions to serve up to 25 million passengers every year by 2025.
The airport is slated to be one of Asia's major aviation hubs and a destinations. Islamabad International Airport is designed by French company Aéroports de Paris Ingenierie and CPG Corporation of Singapore. 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.
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 April 2007. 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 parking stands at State Lounge Apron for travelling passengers, state guests and other stakeholders. The passengers making connections to other international flights are linked to the main international building with facilities like food court and other entertainment facilities like delayed flight lounges, prayer rooms, duty free shops and a transit hotel for international departure and transit passengers. Latest 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.
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Shaheen Air International (SAI), the second national carrier of Pakistan, will begin all Islamabad inbound and outbound flights from the new Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) starting from the inauguration of the new Airport on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
As pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) have conveyed that the operationalization of IIAP will be on May 3, 2018 at 1000 hours. Now all Shaheen Air flights will operate from new Islamabad airport for its operations whether inbound or outbound from May 3rd and onwards as per PCAA directives.
Zohaib Hassan, Chief Marketing officer, SAI said “We requested all our Islamabad bond Shaheen Air passengers to please confirm their flights from our call center at 021 111 80 80 80 before leaving for airport to avoid any inconvenience”.
With the launch of its flights from IIAP, Shaheen Air will be having a total of 26 domestic and 42 International weekly operational flights from IIAP under its summer schedule. Having started its operations in 1993 as the first private airline in Pakistan, Shaheen Air currently operates flights to more than 11 international destinations and 08 domestic destinations.
The airline on its 25th anniversary also announced the launch of “Shine Miles”, SAI’s loyalty card, along with its revamped website and web application to enable its flyers with a smoother experience.
As pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) have conveyed that the operationalization of IIAP will be on May 3, 2018 at 1000 hours. Now all Shaheen Air flights will operate from new Islamabad airport for its operations whether inbound or outbound from May 3rd and onwards as per PCAA directives.
Zohaib Hassan, Chief Marketing officer, SAI said “We requested all our Islamabad bond Shaheen Air passengers to please confirm their flights from our call center at 021 111 80 80 80 before leaving for airport to avoid any inconvenience”.
With the launch of its flights from IIAP, Shaheen Air will be having a total of 26 domestic and 42 International weekly operational flights from IIAP under its summer schedule. Having started its operations in 1993 as the first private airline in Pakistan, Shaheen Air currently operates flights to more than 11 international destinations and 08 domestic destinations.
The airline on its 25th anniversary also announced the launch of “Shine Miles”, SAI’s loyalty card, along with its revamped website and web application to enable its flyers with a smoother experience.
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The New Airport is equipped with following facilities and technologies;
LED airfield lighting system for better vision at night.
The airport has South East Asia’s third Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category 3. Before this, only Lahore Airport and Delhi Airport had ILS in the region. ILS gives a 50-meter visibility even during thick foggy weather.
A total of 5 aprons including one for parking three cargo planes.
The check-in counters have been upgraded as well. The new airport has 70 international while 32 domestic check-in counters as compared to 25 and 20 counters of Benazir Airport.
The baggage handling system comes with three baggage scan lines in line with international standards as well.
Baggage belts process 6,000 bags per hour upon international arrival while 5,500 bags per hour on international departure.
33 aircraft stands as compared to the 11 in the old airport. The new airport also has 15 bays with top-notch boarding bridges.
The airport has state-of-the-art radar system as well. Primary radar has a surveillance range of up to 100 nautical miles while the second one goes as wide as 250 nautical miles.
Two fire stations with latest fire fighting equipment and trucks. The stations have five vehicles in total with 1000 kg foam and 32,300 liters of water capacity.
Apart from that, 84,365 square-meter area has been allocated for Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) program.
Parking at the Airport
The new Islamabad International Airport has enough parking space to cater 2,200 vehicles. The parking space got a serious upgrade as well from the Benzair Airport which had 600 car parking positions in total. The parking has nine entry and exit points in total.
LED airfield lighting system for better vision at night.
The airport has South East Asia’s third Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category 3. Before this, only Lahore Airport and Delhi Airport had ILS in the region. ILS gives a 50-meter visibility even during thick foggy weather.
A total of 5 aprons including one for parking three cargo planes.
The check-in counters have been upgraded as well. The new airport has 70 international while 32 domestic check-in counters as compared to 25 and 20 counters of Benazir Airport.
The baggage handling system comes with three baggage scan lines in line with international standards as well.
Baggage belts process 6,000 bags per hour upon international arrival while 5,500 bags per hour on international departure.
33 aircraft stands as compared to the 11 in the old airport. The new airport also has 15 bays with top-notch boarding bridges.
The airport has state-of-the-art radar system as well. Primary radar has a surveillance range of up to 100 nautical miles while the second one goes as wide as 250 nautical miles.
Two fire stations with latest fire fighting equipment and trucks. The stations have five vehicles in total with 1000 kg foam and 32,300 liters of water capacity.
Apart from that, 84,365 square-meter area has been allocated for Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) program.
Parking at the Airport
The new Islamabad International Airport has enough parking space to cater 2,200 vehicles. The parking space got a serious upgrade as well from the Benzair Airport which had 600 car parking positions in total. The parking has nine entry and exit points in total.
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