New Islamabad airport--in pictures

Pakistan International Airline on Saturday operated first mock flight from the new Islamabad international airport.The airport will be inaugurated formally on April 20 for regular international and domestic flights. The construction work on the new airport  started in April 2007.Here are some beautiful pictures of the new facility. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will inaugurate the new airport  PIA 's A320 aircraf took off from Benazir Interantional Airport at 12:30 PM and landed at NIIA at the new airport at  1:00 PM. The old Benazir Bhutto International Airport will be transferred to the new airport between April 19 and April 20. It will be the biggest international airport of the country in terms of landing and passenger handling facilities. The national carrier has also decided to re-design its logo and portrait of Markhor will be painted on the PIA aircraft.   Advisor to the Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan inaugurated a new livery of PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA) in Islamabad.

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