Allama Iqbal International Airport
Allama Iqbal International Airport is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Formerly known as Lahore International Airport, it is named after Allama Iqbal who was a major proponent for the foundation of Pakistan. The Airport has 3 terminals, the Allama Iqbal terminal, the Hajj terminal, and a cargo terminal.The airport is located about 15 km from the center of the city.Recently, it has undergone a major renovation which has not only enlarged the airport, but also beautified it with the building of new terminals built to reflect the Mughal history of Lahore. Right now the airport gets an average of 75-80 flights each day, but the number of flights increases during the Hajj season and the airport handles about 3.58 million passengers per year
The brand new terminal includes many duty-free shops including restaurants, cafes, ice-cream parlours, confectionery shops, book and toy shops and a souvenir shop. There are many flat screen televisions that show live flight times in the national languages, Urdu and English. The airport has seven air-bridges that dock onto the aircraft during departures and arrivals at the terminal. The total parking spaces are 30. The airport can provide 22 parking spaces for commercial and jet aircraft.
Pakistan International Airlines is a major airline that flies out of Lahore as the flag carrier of Pakistan and uses the airport as a hub only second to Jinnah International Airport. Other Pakistani airlines that operate out of Lahore daily are Aero Asia International, Airblue, and Shaheen Air International. Soon, Safe Air and Pearl Air will be using the airport as an important hub. | The Arrival message when passengers arrive at the airport |
The Hajj terminal is part of the old airport. It is used every year by Pakistan International Airlines for Hajj Operations to take the people who are going on Hajj to The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. However, negotiations are underway to allow the private airline to use the terminal as well.
*Pakistan International Airlines (Jeddah)*Aero Asia Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, Doha, Dubai, Karachi, Muscat)
*Airblue (Dubai, Karachi)
*Air Italy (Verona)
*Emirates (Dubai)
*Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
*Gulf Air (Bahrain, Muscat)
*Indian (New Delhi)
*Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City)
*Mahan Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
*Pakistan International Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahawalpur, Bangkok, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dammam, Dera Ghazi Khan, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Houston-Intercontinental, Islamabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait City, London-Heathrow, Manchester (UK), Mashhad, Milan-Malpensa, Multan, Muscat, New Delhi, New York-JFK, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharjah, Sukkur, Toronto)
*Qatar Airways (Doha)
*Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina)
*Shaheen Air International (Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, Doha, Dubai, Karachi, Kuwait, Muscat)
*Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
*Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
*Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent) | The Allama Iqbal Intl Airport fully decorated to celebrate the Independace of Pakistan |
*Antonov Airlines
*Askari Aviation
*Atlas Air
*Polet Cargo Airlines
*Emirates SkyCargo
*Lufthansa Cargo
*Ocean Airlines
*Pakistan International Cargo
*Royal Airlines Cargo
*Star Air
*TCS Couriers
*United Parcel Service (UPS)*Askari Aviation (Islamabad)
*Royal Airlines (Karachi)
*Schon Air (Karachi) | The CIP Lounge under construction in January, 2003. |
The use of the CIP lounge is available to only first class and business class passengers travelling on most airlines arriving at the airport.
There are many banks at Allama Iqbal Airport, Lahore including:
* Askari Commercial Bank
* Standard Chartered Bank
* Union Bank
* ABN AMRO Bank
Inorder to access the CIP lounge, Passengers travelling in first and business class must be issused a card from Check-in. It costs approx. 6 dollars per passenger to gain access to the lounge.
The CIP lounge has over 20 items, television, newspapers, magazines, telephones, fax machines and free Internet.There are 2 runways at Allama Iqbal International Airport:
* Runway 36R/18L (3,310 meters long, 46 meters wide)
* Runway 36L/18R (2,900 meters long, 46 meters wide)*During 2000 an Indian Airlines Flight 814 jet which was hijacked in Nepal by elements sympathetic to the militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. The aircraft landed at Lahore International Airport for a few hours and left for Kabul, Afganistan.* List of airports in Pakistan
* Airlines of Pakistan
* Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
* Shaheen Airport Services
* Transport in PakistanOfficial
* New Official Website
* Old Official Website
* Live Flight Details
;Construction details
* http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/lahore/
* Lahore International Airport Project for Airsys ATM Limited / Thales ATM
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