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Karachi ACC is also part of the Bobcat Air Traffic Flow Management program, which helps to optimize traffic flow through Kabul FIR. Due to lower navigation and surveillance capabilities, and limited ATS provision capabilities, Kabul FIR often becomes very congested airspace with limited number of operating routes and flight levels.
This was followed up with the airport commencing full commercial flight operations on 3 May 2018 and thus replacing the old airport. On 8 July 2018, the first Airbus A380 landed in Islamabad, arriving as one-off Emirates flight EK-2524 from Dubai International Airport. This was the first time an Airbus A380 flight landed in Pakistan. [17] [18]
The airline has its head office on the grounds of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its main bases are Karachi , Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi . Pakistan International Airlines was set up on 1 March 1955, after Orient Airways merged with the government's proposed new airline.
Pakistan has a total of 69 airports, including three major hubs in Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore.Six additional medium-sized airports are located in Peshawar, Multan, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Quetta, and Sukkur, while the remaining are classified as smaller airports.
The following table provides details of the busiest airports in Pakistan in terms of total passenger numbers, including both international and domestic passengers, from the fiscal year July 2015 - June 2016 to the fiscal year July 2021 - June 2022.
On 28 July 2010, Airblue Flight 202, flying a domestic route from Karachi to Islamabad with 146 passengers and 6 crew on board crashed into the Margalla Hills. The aircraft was on final approach to Benazir Bhutto International Airport during poor weather conditions when the aircraft impacted the Margalla Hills about 10 nm (18.52 km) north of ...
CAA initiates $300m new Islamabad airport project, The News Business Section, 2006-01-07. New Islamabad International Airport ready for ground breaking Ceremony [permanent dead link ], PakTribune, 2006-02-07. Turkish Airlines wants to operate daily flights to Karachi, The News, 2007-07-10.
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, there was a large black coloured airship hangar at the site of Karachi Airport, constructed for the British HMA R101, at the time, the largest aircraft ever built. [citation needed] Only three hangars were ever built in the world to dock and hangar Britain's fleet of passenger airships.