{"id":100830,"date":"2024-12-19T15:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=100830"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:03:29","slug":"gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html","title":{"rendered":"Gwadar International Airport to open this month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The New Gwadar International Airport is scheduled for inauguration on December 30, following directives from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, sources confirm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity. In preparation for the launch, a recent meeting between PIA and the Airports Authority finalized operational details. PIA is set to deploy staff and equipment, including check-in systems, in the coming days to ensure seamless operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-directs-60-public-imports-via-gwadar-port.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Govt orders 60% of imports through Gwadar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constructed with USD 246 million in Chinese investment, the airport features a large runway and modern terminal facilities capable of accommodating wide-body aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For its first year of operations, PIA will not be charged any fees, an initiative designed to support smooth startup activities. The airport is expected to drive trade and tourism, establishing Gwadar as a critical hub for commerce and connectivity in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The New Gwadar International Airport is scheduled for inauguration on December 30, following directives from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, sources confirm. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity. In preparation for the launch, a recent meeting between PIA and the Airports Authority finalized operational details. PIA is set to deploy staff and equipment, including check-in systems, in the coming days to ensure seamless operations. Read: Federal Govt orders 60% of imports through Gwadar Constructed with USD 246 million in Chinese investment, the airport features a large runway and modern terminal facilities capable of accommodating wide-body aircraft. For its first year of operations, PIA will not be charged any fees, an initiative designed to support smooth startup activities. The airport is expected to drive trade and tourism, establishing Gwadar as a critical hub for commerce and connectivity in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":100831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[39350,50423,61160,61163,61157,61159,61161,61162,61158],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-100830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-chinese-investment-in-pakistan","9":"tag-gwadar-development","10":"tag-gwadar-economic-growth","11":"tag-infrastructure-development-pakistan","12":"tag-new-airport-in-gwadar","13":"tag-pakistan-aviation-updates","14":"tag-pia-commercial-flights","15":"tag-regional-connectivity-pakistan","16":"tag-trade-and-tourism-boost","17":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gwadar International Airport to open this month - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PIA will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gwadar International Airport to open this month - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PIA will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-19T10:03:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-19T10:03:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gwadar-Airport.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gwadar International Airport to open this month - Zameen News","description":"PIA will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gwadar International Airport to open this month - Zameen News","og_description":"PIA will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2024-12-19T10:03:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-19T10:03:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gwadar-Airport.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samra Zulfiqar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samra Zulfiqar","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html"},"author":{"name":"Samra Zulfiqar","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9810bc80e0f6830dcb87310b88ef6293"},"headline":"Gwadar International Airport to open this month","datePublished":"2024-12-19T10:03:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-19T10:03:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html"},"wordCount":157,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gwadar-Airport.jpg","keywords":["chinese investment in pakistan","Gwadar development","Gwadar Economic Growth","Infrastructure Development Pakistan","New Airport in Gwadar","Pakistan Aviation Updates","PIA Commercial Flights","Regional Connectivity Pakistan","Trade and Tourism Boost"],"articleSection":["Infrastructure"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html","name":"Gwadar International Airport to open this month - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gwadar-Airport.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-19T10:03:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-19T10:03:29+00:00","description":"PIA will operate the airport\u2019s first commercial flight, marking a pivotal step toward enhanced regional connectivity...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gwadar-Airport.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gwadar-Airport.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-international-airport-to-open-this-month.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gwadar International Airport to open this month"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9810bc80e0f6830dcb87310b88ef6293","name":"Samra Zulfiqar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","caption":"Samra Zulfiqar"},"description":"Samra Zulfiqar, a real estate analyst at Zameen.com, is passionate about finding projects that offer buyers the best returns. Her keen insights spotlight the market\u2019s most promising opportunities.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/samra"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100832,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100830\/revisions\/100832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100830"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=100830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}