First mock flight lands at new Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD, Apr 7 (APP):The first mock flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) landed at the New Islamabad International
Airport on Saturday.
PK-9001 departed from Benazir International Airport at 1:00pm and landed at the new Islamabad
airport around 1:30pm. The flight was scheduled to take off at 12:30 pm but was delayed as the boarding
process of some PIA pilots and their families who were on board the flight took longer than expected,
Private news channel reported.
PIA Chief Executive Officer Musharraf Rasool observed the mock exercise.
The new Islamabad airport will be inaugurated formally on April 20 for regular international and
domestic flights.
According to details , the new airport which is designed as “Y” shape, spreads over 19 square
kilometres with 15 passenger boarding bridges, it includes facilities to accommodate two double-deck
A380, as many as 15 remote bays and seven remote bays for small aircraft.
The new airport will become the country’s biggest international airport for its frequency of landing
and the number of passenger handling services.