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I just wish we had not messed up with that runway design and distance between the two. Seriously screwed up the whole project with such a stupid mistake. It wont have cost us anything to get this right. Just ignorance on part of planners an authorities is to be blamed here.
There are quite a few threads on this already @ghazi52
@WAJsal @Irfan Baloch can you please merge!
https://defence.pk/threads/new-islamabad-airport-progress.55237/page-16
There are quite a few threads on this already @ghazi52
@WAJsal @Irfan Baloch can you please merge!
https://defence.pk/threads/new-islamabad-airport-progress.55237/page-16
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ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority raised the spectre of a further delay in the completion of Islamabad’s new airport after its officials warned that it may well go beyond the end of 2016.
However, the CAA is reluctant to give a precise date in this regard.
A senior CAA official told The Express Tribune that there was no chance of the project being completed within the stipulated deadline of December.
“We have to wait till next year or even beyond that for the project to become operational,” a senior CAA official, privy to the development said. The official, who wished not to be named, said the authority was currently working on the revised date which would soon be announced.
When contacted, CAA spokesperson Amir Mehboob said the authority cannot provide an exact date by when the mega project will be completed. However, in his short comment, he said a formal announcement in this regard will be made after the Eid holidays.
Almost a month ago, the CAA told the Public Accounts Committee that project would be completed by December 25.
Meanwhile, work on construction of approach roads to the airport and dams to meet water needs of the airport was being carried out at a faster pace.
For financial year 2016-17, the federal government allocated a sum of Rs6.2 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for roads and dams construction.
A sum of Rs3 billion were marked for the construction of road networks, including the main link, the Thalian link and periphery road, and Rs2.3 billion for the construction of approach road networks, including acquisition of land and shifting of utilities from the area.
“Funds have recently been released by the government to the National Highway Authority (NHA), which has started work on building approach roads,” said the official.
Meanwhile, Rs900.8 million were set aside for the construction of two rainwater harvesting dams – Rama and Kasana dams.
“The site of the new airport near Fateh Jang is almost barren, with no availability of underground water,” the official said.
“Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved the Rama and Kasana dams on March 31 last year. In the first phase, work on the construction of Rama dam at a cost of Rs1.6 billion has been taken up,” he said, adding that nearly 10 per cent work on the dam had so far been completed.
Rama dam is identified as the most feasible of three proposed rainwater reservoir sites in the airport vicinity. The site meets the requirement for supply of at least two million gallons per day to the new airport.
“Work on water reservoirs and approach roads will be completed till March 2017,” the official said.
Talking about technical and design flaws in airport runways, the official said, the CAA had decided not to revise the design.
“One runway will be enough to cater to the needs,” he said, adding any design change at this stage would have huge financial repercussions, while it would also delay the project.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1142714...-completion-date-may-go-well-beyond-end-2016/
However, the CAA is reluctant to give a precise date in this regard.
A senior CAA official told The Express Tribune that there was no chance of the project being completed within the stipulated deadline of December.
“We have to wait till next year or even beyond that for the project to become operational,” a senior CAA official, privy to the development said. The official, who wished not to be named, said the authority was currently working on the revised date which would soon be announced.
When contacted, CAA spokesperson Amir Mehboob said the authority cannot provide an exact date by when the mega project will be completed. However, in his short comment, he said a formal announcement in this regard will be made after the Eid holidays.
Almost a month ago, the CAA told the Public Accounts Committee that project would be completed by December 25.
Meanwhile, work on construction of approach roads to the airport and dams to meet water needs of the airport was being carried out at a faster pace.
For financial year 2016-17, the federal government allocated a sum of Rs6.2 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for roads and dams construction.
A sum of Rs3 billion were marked for the construction of road networks, including the main link, the Thalian link and periphery road, and Rs2.3 billion for the construction of approach road networks, including acquisition of land and shifting of utilities from the area.
“Funds have recently been released by the government to the National Highway Authority (NHA), which has started work on building approach roads,” said the official.
Meanwhile, Rs900.8 million were set aside for the construction of two rainwater harvesting dams – Rama and Kasana dams.
“The site of the new airport near Fateh Jang is almost barren, with no availability of underground water,” the official said.
“Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved the Rama and Kasana dams on March 31 last year. In the first phase, work on the construction of Rama dam at a cost of Rs1.6 billion has been taken up,” he said, adding that nearly 10 per cent work on the dam had so far been completed.
Rama dam is identified as the most feasible of three proposed rainwater reservoir sites in the airport vicinity. The site meets the requirement for supply of at least two million gallons per day to the new airport.
“Work on water reservoirs and approach roads will be completed till March 2017,” the official said.
Talking about technical and design flaws in airport runways, the official said, the CAA had decided not to revise the design.
“One runway will be enough to cater to the needs,” he said, adding any design change at this stage would have huge financial repercussions, while it would also delay the project.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1142714...-completion-date-may-go-well-beyond-end-2016/
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Its not BB, they renamed it few months ago as Liaquat Ali Khan International Airport ( LAK )
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They intially planed to name it "Janab Mauhtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaeed Rahmatullah Istagfirullah Airport" but the acronyms were like a whole sentence so they changed it. It will now be called Liaquat Ali Khan International Airport. Fair enough!
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed on Tuesday informed the Upper House of the Parliament that the new Islamabad International airport would be fully operationalized by June 2017.
Responding to various supplementary questions during Question Hour in Senate on Tuesday, the minister said that some 73.5 per cent work had already been completed on the new airport.
The minister said that the schedule date of completion of all construction works of the project was December 25.
The minister for parliamentary affair said that the National Highway Authority (NHA) had also started work on roads leading to the new airport.
Sheikh Aftab Ahmed said that after completion of all awarded packages, six to eight months would be required for testing and operationalization of the airport.
Responding to various supplementary questions during Question Hour in Senate on Tuesday, the minister said that some 73.5 per cent work had already been completed on the new airport.
The minister said that the schedule date of completion of all construction works of the project was December 25.
The minister for parliamentary affair said that the National Highway Authority (NHA) had also started work on roads leading to the new airport.
Sheikh Aftab Ahmed said that after completion of all awarded packages, six to eight months would be required for testing and operationalization of the airport.
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Since there are several viewers who are fascinated by the installation of the jetways at the new ISB, here is some history on them.
A jet bridge (also termed jetway, gangway, aerobridge/airbridge, air jetty, portal, skybridge or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge(PBB)) is an enclosed, movable connector which most commonly extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane, allowing passengers to board and disembark without going outside or being exposed to the elements.
Depending on building design, sill heights, fueling positions, and operational requirements, a jet bridge may be fixed or articulated (movable, swinging radially) and/or extending in length.
The jetway was invented by Frank Der Yuen in 1951.
Before the introduction of jet bridges, passengers normally boarded an aircraft by walking along the ground-level ramp and climbing a set of movable stairs, or up airstairs on aircraft so equipped.
Mobile staircases or "ramp stairs" are employed at many airports around the world, particularly smaller airports and terminals supporting low cost carriers.
United Airlines tested an early prototype "Air Dock" in 1954. The first operational jet bridges were installed in 1959, although there is considerable disagreement as to which airport installed jet bridges first.
Some accounts state that the first jet bridge was installed on July 22, 1959 at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport;other accounts place the first jet bridge at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, LaGuardia Airport or San Francisco International Airport.
A jet bridge (also termed jetway, gangway, aerobridge/airbridge, air jetty, portal, skybridge or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge(PBB)) is an enclosed, movable connector which most commonly extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane, allowing passengers to board and disembark without going outside or being exposed to the elements.
Depending on building design, sill heights, fueling positions, and operational requirements, a jet bridge may be fixed or articulated (movable, swinging radially) and/or extending in length.
The jetway was invented by Frank Der Yuen in 1951.
Before the introduction of jet bridges, passengers normally boarded an aircraft by walking along the ground-level ramp and climbing a set of movable stairs, or up airstairs on aircraft so equipped.
Mobile staircases or "ramp stairs" are employed at many airports around the world, particularly smaller airports and terminals supporting low cost carriers.
United Airlines tested an early prototype "Air Dock" in 1954. The first operational jet bridges were installed in 1959, although there is considerable disagreement as to which airport installed jet bridges first.
Some accounts state that the first jet bridge was installed on July 22, 1959 at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport;other accounts place the first jet bridge at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, LaGuardia Airport or San Francisco International Airport.
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