People ride bicycle inside airport

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AbdulAziz
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People ride bicycle inside airport

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Asslam u alikum

In some pictures of Pakistani airports such as Lahore airport we saw some People ride bicycle inside airport in the a/c parking area... Can anyone tell us who are they ?? and why they ride cycle there ?? Mostly the wear shalwar qamiz.

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maintainance or bird shooters ... mostly bird shooters
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Asslam u alikum

AirBlue thanx 4 ur reply ... Isn't better to have a special car or at least golf car insted using bicycle...... it looks like u r in very poor country airport.

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AbdulAziz wrote:... Isn't better to have a special car or at least golf car insted using bicycle...... it looks like u r in very poor country airport.
I don't find anything wrong with bicycles at airports in our country, it's economical option and saves fuel. Also, it's quite normal to see bird shooters, aircraft mechanics etc. riding bicycles at many airports around the world, especially in Asia and particularly in China.

Few examples:

China
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Copyright Allen Yao
Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0574464/M/

China
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Copyright Andy Martin - AirTeamImages
Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0192475/M/

Switzerland
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Copyright Manfred Biel
Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0915478/M/

Netherlands
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Copyright Connector
Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0867466/M/

Russia
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Copyright Andreas Zeitler - Flying-Wings
Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0777128/M/
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