‘’Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan International Airport will be inaugurated on April 20 by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’’

’HIS FRIST FLIGHT’’ PIA TEST FLIGHT SUCCESSFULLY LANDS AT NEW ISLAMABAD AIRPORT
BY;ASGHAR ALI MUBARAK

ISLAMABAD: The newly constructed Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan International Airport will be inaugurated on by Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for regular domestic and international flights. On 66th martyrdom anniversary of Pakistan’s first Prime Minister Shaheed-e-Millat Khan Liaquat Ali Khan it was decided the newly Islamabad Airport will be named Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan International Airport. It is mentioned here that Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan was a trusted friend and companion of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah during the entire movement of Pakistan.Shaheed E Millat Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was a great Pakistani politician and the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, as well as Defense Minister. He rose to his political stature as a member of the All-India Muslim League, playing an important role in the Partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. He also became the first Prime Minister of the country, holding his position in 1947 up until his assassination in October 1951 at Rawalpindi. The old Benazir Bhutto International Airport control will be transferred to the new airport between 19th April 2018.on his first test flight the of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) successfully touched down at the recently constructed New Islamabad International Airport on other day. The test flight PK-9001 piloted by Captain Bajrani with first officers Hamad Khan,Muddasir Mushtaq and Steward Peter Inayat took off from Benazir International Airport and successfully landed at the new Islamabad airport. The PIA chief executive officer Musharraf Rasool Cyan was also present in the flight to observe the mock exercise. The PIA management decided to conduct the mock exercise of landing a passenger plane and handling the passengers’ check-in by its staff, crew members, customs, Airport Security Force, Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and other relevant agencies before the grand opening of the airport on 20th April 2018. Located at 30km from Islamabad the construction on the new airport was started in April 2007.The “Y” shaped new airport spreads over 19 square kilometers with 15 jetties (passenger boarding bridges), including facilities to accommodate two double-deck A380, the world’s largest airplane, 15 remote bays and seven remote bays for small aircraft such as ATRs. It is also the biggest international airport in the country in terms of landing and passenger handling facilities. For the 15 bays, the same numbers of lounges have been built to avoid mixing of passengers. The new airport has two runways each 3.5 km long. The Pakistan international Airline PIA is the Pride of Pakistan, Prestige the Skies, honors of Pakistani nation and the symbol of dignity of PIA workers. we proud on our national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, once again made history as it successfully landed the first test flight at the new Islamabad Airport. We will continue our efforts high lights the soft image of Pakistan to fly with PIA because ‘’Great Peoples fly with PIA’’ and will continued to support through our write up to improvements till Pakistan international Airline PIA reach the highest skies. On his first test flight at the new Islamabad Airport we found its smiling faces incurable friendly cabin crew delicious food, traditional Pakistani hospitality for a wonderful smooth flight. Now the Airport is ready to officially inaugurate on April 20 for regular domestic and international flights. The old Benazir Bhutto International Airport control will be transferred to the new airport on 20th April 2018.