Faisalabad Airport to be Upgraded

[Abbas Ali]

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[riz]

Last time i travelled to LYP .... the 1st thing that came out on the baggage belt was a Cat
so much for their efforts .... however the LINK road from Jhang road has been built God knows at what cost.

[Abbas Ali]

According to news sources:

* A new portion of the airport completed at a cost of PKR 1,250,000,000/- has been opened for pre-Hajj flights departures.

* A second portion of the airport will be opened for post-Hajj flights arrivals.

* Expanded/extended airport terminal will be opened on October 30.

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[Abbas Ali]

Faisalabad International Airport terminal building expansion/extension work.






PIA Airbus A320.




Extended/expanded terminal building.


Terminal building with facility for installation of boarding bridge.


Terminal building with facility for installation of boarding bridge. Shaheen Air Airbus A320 visbile in the background.











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[Abbas Ali]

Faisalabad International Airport terminal building expansion/extension work seen from landside.


Faisalabad International Airport terminal building expansion/extension work seen from landside.

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[Muhammad Rafique]

What about runway??
It is upgraded or just repaired??
What is status of construction??

[Abbas Ali]

According to news sources:

The new International Arrivals lounge of Faisalabad International Airport was inaugurated today.

The new lounge will help in smooth handling of post-Hajj flight arrivals.

The new lounge will also help in handling arrivals of more flights at a time.

The airport's 1.5 billion rupees expansion/upgrade project is nearing completion.

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[Abbas Ali]

International Arrivals Lounge of Faisalabad International Airport that was inaugurated today.















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[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan CAA awarded contract to ADELTE to provide two passenger boarding bridges (both will be glass-sided) for Faisalabad Airport.

http://www.adelte.com/project/faisalaba ... al-airport

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[Abbas Ali]

Artist's impression of upgraded Faisalabad Airport terminal building with two passenger boarding bridges.





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[Abbas Ali]

Still from undated video showing construction work on air side of Faisalabad International Airport, shown by City41 news channel today.

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[Abbas Ali]

According to City41 news channel, the newly constructed section of expanded terminal building of Faisalabad International Airport has been made operational and will be used for international flight departures & arrivals.

The old building of airport's terminal will be used for domestic flight departures & arrivals.

The upgrading of runway/taxiway(s) will enable the airport to attract major foreign airlines, said the airport manager.

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[Abbas Ali]

Four more airlines joining Faisalabad Airport

FAISALABAD - The number of air passengers travelling from Faisalabad International Airport will swell from 0.5 million to 0.8 million in the current year while four more airlines would start functioning at the airport this year.

Addressing a function, Airport Manager Anwar Zia said that during the current year, four more airlines would be launched in addition to the existing seven airlines already operating from Faisalabad Airport.

He disclosed that only three domestic flights were being operated from the airport just a few years ago with annual deficit of Rs220 million.

He said that now 128 flights were operating for which the FCCI played a commendable role. He said that the sustainability of new flights was the main challenge; he faced during his professional career. “However, with the active support of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Travel Agents Association, we hammered out a comprehensive strategy. Under the strategy, corrupt employees of different departments were shunted out, in addition to providing best and international level security along with up gradation of existing passenger lounge and expansion of runway,” he said.

He claimed that now the airport had been progressing by leaps and bounds. He said that many more international airlines were planning to harvest maximum benefits from the heavy passenger load, available from the region. He said that Fly Dubai is adding 7 more flights while Turkish, Etihad, Air Blue and Saudia will also start their flights within the next couple of months.

Anwar Zia said that the airport was now generating Rs2,400 million including net profit of Rs1,600 million. He said that after the expansion of runway Boeing 777 planes could also land at the airport. Moreover, arrangements were being made for the parking and handling of 3 flights at a time, he said.

He noted that an international and a domestic lounge were under-construction on the upper story of existing terminal. New conveyer belts were also being installed while a tunnel would be completed by November 30 to link passenger lounge directly with the boarding aeroplanes, he said. He further said that a cargo complex was also being constructed which would offer facility for the expeditious transportation of luggage to various international destinations.

Source: The Nation

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