New Islamabad International Airport to become functional by 2014
Monday, December 19th, 2011 11:26:31 by Fayyaz Yaseen
New Islamabad International Airport to become functional by 2014
Islamabad: (December 19) the new Islamabad International Airport, being constructed in Tehsil Fateh Jang (District Attock) is expected to become functional by the year 2014. The newly planned airport lies some 30km away from the
federal capital.
According to official sources in Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) here, a Chinese company and Frontier Works Organization (WFO) are working round the clock to complete construction of passengers terminals buildings before the deadline.
Talking to the media personnel, an official said the new airport will replace the existing one, Benazir Bhutto International Airport located in Chaklala.
At present, the Benazir Bhutto International Airport is handling 18 airlines, adding, most of the international commercial flights are operated at morning time which cause rush and delays.
He, however, expressed the confidence that the new airport spread over 3,600-acre would not only serve the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi but also the adjoining provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Estimated to cost about $400 million, the new airport facility, which is the first green-field airport in Pakistan, would comprise a contemporary state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, control tower, runway with a provision
of a secondary runway, taxiways, apron, cargo complex, and hangar together with all the necessary infrastructure and ancillary facilities.
The new airport would cater to the requirements of latest generation of modern passenger aircraft.
He said the new airport will have a modular design to handle 6.5 million passengers per annum and 80,000 metric tonnes cargo per annum.
Being a new airport, a significant portion of the land has been earmarked for commercial purposes such as duty-free shops, hotel and convention centre, air malls, business centre, food courts, leisure and recreational facilities.
The new airport is envisaged to be a modern landmark structure symbolic to represent twenty-first century Pakistan, as it will be the diplomatic and business gateway to Pakistan through the Capital City of Islamabad.
The presently under construction airport was perhaps the most needed one as the present one lies in an area which is usually found to be blocked in rush hours. With the new airport becoming functional, it is expected that people
will have a smooth drive from and to the airport.
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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen
on Dec 19 2011. Filed under Pakistan.
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