New Islamabad Airport Progress

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

Opening ceremony prep

 

[ghazi52]

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[mkiyani]

Hope Allah will make ISB airport a success and keep all the bad "shar" away from it... praying all passengers come and go through it safely.. From passenger safety to flight operation everything will be done by Allah's help safely without any incident..

Mashallah ...

 

[Danish saleem]

Great Achievement! at last someone completed the project.

 

[ghazi52]

Breakdown of the terminal building

At level 1 – there are the international and domestic passengers’ arrival area and collection bays for baggage. Airline offices and the engineering department will also be housed on the first level.

At level II – there are the domestic arrivals and departure lounges, boarding bridges, visitors’ gallery, car parking, and Immigration counters for international passengers.

At level III – there are international and domestic check-ins – baggage drop after check-in security scanning, international immigration departure and other airlines offices.

At level IV – there are state lounges and commercially important persons (CIP) lounges, in addition, a crew briefing hall.

There will be as many as 28 escalators, six service lifts. 24 elevators for passengers have been installed in the terminal building in addition to 4 inclined travellators (moving walkways) and 10 horizontal.

25 restrooms for passengers have been built in the terminal building, however, there is no facility for transit passengers to deposit their luggage.

Instead, transit passengers will have to carry their luggage with them while waiting for their connecting flights. The Benazir Bhutto Airport did not have this facility either.

A huge parking area for 2200 to 2500 vehicles has been constructed, in addition to a 175-staff car parking bay. And two parking areas have been allocated for state lounge guests. There are nine exit and entry gates to the airport.

Other amenities include dedicated charging stations for passengers to fuel up their electronic devices. In addition, there are charging boxes for cell-phones that will be operated by high-tech fingerprint recognition systems for keeping the phones safe while they are being charged.

There will also be a mini-cinema for travellers to relax and watch a movie before embarking on their connecting flights, as well as a food court with a children’s play area.

From Islamabad, the airport is connected to the Kashmir Highway, while people in Rawalpindi will be able to access it via the Grand Trunk Road. There is no dedicated public transport available to the airport; however, government authorities have plans to inaugurate a metro-bus service for passengers soon.

Besides all other facilities, 18 water tube-wells and three water dams have been built for the new airport. However, arrangements for the availability of clean drinking water have yet to be finalised.

Security

More than 500 Airport Security Force personnel will be required to be deployed at the new IIA to ensure safety for all passengers.

Security officials, however, have already expressed concern over the existing situation of funnel areas of the new airport which are close to the Motorway where lights could be a security hazard.

Though more than 85 security towers have been built around the airport to ensure that nobody from outside can enter the area, several of the towers lack basic facilities like toilets/washroom, lighting and restrooms.

“No clean water is available to drink at the security towers, and it’s difficult to keep visual contact from the towers to the airport,” a security official – requesting to remain unnamed — lamented speaking of the lapses in security management.

The security staff camp is located 12 kilometres away from the airport which security officials consider a cause for concern. The airport itself lacks proper rescue and evacuation mechanisms.

There are also no alternate routes for VIPs, which according to security officials would have the potential to create traffic bottlenecks as well as security hazards.

“The Benazir Bhutto International Airport was a smaller airport, which meant that security management was not so complicated. Considering the new airport is significantly larger, the security detail needs to be much more comprehensive. Given the fact that the location of the airport is also in an area where there have been reports of miscreant activities, security arrangements are not water-tight” a security official said.

He said at the new airport, security management systems, CCTV, and public address systems have been installed complimented with all-night patrolling. There are two bomb pit facilities each on the departure and international sections of the airport.

Flight kitchen

Besides the on-site hotel, a flight kitchen, post office facilities and ATMs have yet to be provided to passengers using the new airport. However, the PIA spokesman said that the flight kitchen located at the old Benazir Bhutto International airport, which is more than 30 kilometres away from the new airport will be used for cooking meals, which will be transported in trucks to the new airport.

 

[Chakar The Great]

Beautiful.

Maintenance would be a big question here.

I suppose this thread should be closed now.

 

[BATMAN]

Thank you Pervez Musharraf.

 

[Devil Soul]

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

New Islamabad International Airport becomes operational

Two days after its inauguration, the new Islamabad International Airport has become operational today (Thursday).

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in its schedule posted on Twitter shared details of the PIA flights that would be operated from the new airport.


✔@Official_PIA

Dear passengers, following is the PIA flight schedule for BBIAP and IIAP on May 3, 2018. #PIA


According to the schedule, some flights are still being operated from the Benazir International Airport.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on May 1 had inaugurated the new airport.

The airport is 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.

 

[ghazi52]

First day - Full Flight Operation at New Islamabad International Airport

 

[Clutch]

First day - Full Flight Operation at New Islamabad International Airport

Well the Pakistani dehaati awaam manages to dirty the airport within 2 hours of opening...

I saw:

1. Graffiti on the concrete,
2. People loitering,
3. Entire village came to pickup Mr. Paycheck from Dubai
4. Papers/garbage on the floor
5. Illegal parking
6. And noisy people waking around aimlessly

Well at least Pakistan had a world class airport from May 1st to May 3rd.


https://ibb.co/kjOe8n





https://www.facebook.com/TheIslamabadianz/videos/1927582707265354/

 

[Kabira]

Well the Pakistani dehaati awaam manages to dirty the airport within 2 hours of opening...

I saw:

1. Graffiti on the concrete,
2. People loitering,
3. Entire village came to pickup Mr. Paycheck from Dubai
4. Papers/garbage on the floor
5. Illegal parking
6. And noisy people waking around aimlessly

Well at least Pakistan had a world class airport from May 1st to May 3rd.


https://ibb.co/kjOe8n





https://www.facebook.com/TheIslamabadianz/videos/1927582707265354/

Cleaning garbage bins is job of management. People need to throw their stuff somewhere.

 

[Clutch]

Cleaning garbage bins is job of management. People need to throw their stuff somewhere.

What about the people collecting the luggage by climbing on the conveyor??