Islamabad International Airport is the essential international airport serving the twin urban territories of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In the midst of its advancement, the airport was insinuated as the New Islamabad International Airport to isolate itself from its forerunner Benazir Bhutto International Airport. Here will we tell you all about New International Islamabad Airport.
History
The course of action to assemble another airport was accounted for in January 2005 by Civil Aviation Authority. A place where there are 3242 areas of land arrive was acquired at the cost of Rs 2.5 billion in November 2005 close Ranjha, Fateh Jang in Attock District.The foundation stone of the endeavour was laid by past President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on 7 April 2007.
Details
The improvement of another airport was orchestrated on account of growing air movement and explorer stack at the current Benazir Bhutto International Airport. It was evaluated that the amount of voyagers at the present airport is creating by 14 percent consistently diverged from national air explorer advancement rate of under four percent, making it the second busiest airport in the country. Thusly, a site in Attock district was picked as the site for the advancement of another airport just two or three kilometres from the Islamabad trade on M1/M2 motorways.
The airport started full undertakings on third May 2018, supplanting the old Benazir Bhutto International Airport.It is the greatest airport in Pakistan in regards as far as possible, prepared for serving 15 million voyagers reliably in its first stage. Also, organized advancements will empower it to serve up to 25 million voyagers consistently.
The terminal fuses 15 entryways with ten remote portals, a four-star motel, commitment-free shops, sustenance court and 42 development counters. Additionally, Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan is getting 2,833 areas of place where there is land to gather a third runway at the airport. Besides, it is moreover the principal airport in Pakistan fit for managing the Airbus A380 and is depended upon to wind up an essential focus point serving Northern Pakistan.
Facilities
Islamabad International Airport has a 180,000m² specific terminal building which is at first fit for dealing with 9 million voyagers and 80,000 metric tons cargo for each annum. The numbers are depended upon to accomplish 25 million voyagers by 2024. Being another airport, a critical section of the land has been saved for business purposes, for instance, commitment-free shops, hotel and custom concentration, air strip malls, business centre, sustenance courts, unwinding and recreational workplaces.
Ground Transport
The airport is related with Islamabad through the Kashmir Highway and Rawalpindi by methods for the GT Road and the proposed Ring road. A four-way roadway is furthermore a work in progress to serve payload traffic.The Islamabad Metrobus is moreover being stretched out to relate the airport.