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New Islamabad Airport to be fully operational by June 2017

Islamabad - The schedule date of completion of all construction works of the project is December 25. After completion of all awarded packages, six to eight months would be required for testing of the airport, according to official sources.

 The New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA), which will support landing and parking of A-380, the biggest passenger aircraft of the world, would be fully operational by June 2017.
The schedule date of completion of all construction works of the project is December 25. After completion of all awarded packages, six to eight months would be required for testing of the airport, according to official sources.
The federal government has allocated Rs3 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the year 2016-17 for construction of road network for the new airport.
The National Highway Authority (NHA) has also started work on roads leading to the new airport.
The first-ever green-field airport in Pakistan, is being constructed near Fateh Jang, some 20 kilomeres from the federal capital, 23 kilomeres from Rawalpindi, and just a few kilometers from the Islamabad interchange on M1/M2 motorways.
The airport would be equipped with cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art facilities for passengers to meet the 21st century challenges.
The much delayed mega project, having an area of 3,289 acres, isbeing built to replace the existing Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
According to a senior official of the CAA, the latest landing system would allow planes to land in harsh weather and dense fog. With the help of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco), the NIIA has established its own grid station for power supply.
The airport consists of 90 check-in counters and a parking facility for 2,000 vehicles, car parking for 22,000 vehicles, a covered plaza area for 200 cars, a control tower, maintenance hangar, a 15-gate terminal with ten remote gates, a four star hotel, convention centre, duty-free shops, food court, two-runways, six-taxiways, five-aprons, 15 passenger boarding bridges, runway lightening system CATE-III, and 150KMT cargo handling facility.
The first-ever green-field airport in Pakistan
> The airport is being constructed near Fateh Jang, some 20km from the federal capital, 23km from Rawalpindi.
> The latest landing system would allow planes to land in harsh weather and dense fog.
> Rs3 billion under public sector development programme has been set aside for construction of road networks for the airport
> The facility will have 90 check-in counters and a parking area  for 2,000 vehicles.
> It will also have maintenance hangar and 15-gate terminal.