Another Scandle...New Islamabad International Airport
- 8 years ago
New Islamabad International Airport or Gandhara International Airport is an under construction international airport in Attock District, it is located 20 km from the center of Islamabad and 23 km from Rawalpindi, it will serve both the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, as well as Attock District too. Its built to replace the existing Benazir Bhutto International Airport. It is expected to be complete and operational by December 2016.
The airport project was conceived in 1984 for which the acquisition of land started near Fateh Jang the same year. Once completed it will be the first Greenfield airport in Pakistan, it will consist of 90 check-in counters and a parking facility for 2,000 vehicles will cater to ten million people every year. It will see car parking for 2,000 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 and 42 immigration counters.
The airport project was conceived in 1984 for which the acquisition of land started near Fateh Jang the same year. Once completed it will be the first Greenfield airport in Pakistan, it will consist of 90 check-in counters and a parking facility for 2,000 vehicles will cater to ten million people every year. It will see car parking for 2,000 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 and 42 immigration counters.