{"id":60806,"date":"2020-02-01T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60806"},"modified":"2020-02-01T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T07:00:19","slug":"govt-open-saidu-sharif-airport-commercial-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-open-saidu-sharif-airport-commercial-flights.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to open Saidu Sharif airport for commercial flights to promote tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: Senior Joint Secretary (Aviation Division) Abdul Sattar Khokar recently announced the government\u2019s decision to reopen the airport at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cm-orders-completion-saidu-sharif-airport-other-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Saidu Sharif  (opens in a new tab)\">Saidu Sharif <\/a>\u2014 with the initiative aimed at expanding the tourism industry in Swat Valley, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cleanliness-drive-removal-of-encroachments-ordered-in-malakand-swat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cleanliness drive, removal of encroachments ordered in Malakand, Swat (opens in a new tab)\">Cleanliness drive, removal of encroachments ordered in Malakand, Swat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The join secretary made these comments while presiding over a meeting to discuss the operationalisation of the airport, which has remained closed for almost two decades. The meeting also discussed other methods to promote the tourism industry in the region, with secretary Khokar further revealing that the reopening date of the Saidu Sharif airport would be announced soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials from Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan International Airlines and Civil Aviation Authority were also in attendance during the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-cm-orders-completion-of-swat-motorway-phase-ii-on-fast-track-basis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KP CM orders completion of Swat Motorway Phase-II on fast-track basis (opens in a new tab)\">KP CM orders completion of Swat Motorway Phase-II on fast-track basis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was informed that the airport used to act as a prominent outlet for domestic service delivery and tourists travelling in the region. However, due to an economic recession and the security situation in the area, the Saidu Sharif airport had been closed for commercial flights and reserved for security purposes instead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: Senior Joint Secretary (Aviation Division) Abdul Sattar Khokar recently announced the government\u2019s decision to reopen the airport at Saidu Sharif \u2014 with the initiative aimed at expanding the tourism industry in Swat Valley, according to news sources. Read: Cleanliness drive, removal of encroachments ordered in Malakand, Swat The join secretary made these comments while presiding over a meeting to discuss the operationalisation of the airport, which has remained closed for almost two decades. The meeting also discussed other methods to promote the tourism industry in the region, with secretary Khokar further revealing that the reopening date of the Saidu Sharif airport would be announced soon. Officials from Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan International Airlines and Civil Aviation Authority were also in attendance during the meeting. Read: KP CM orders completion of Swat Motorway Phase-II on fast-track basis The meeting was informed that the airport used to act as a prominent outlet for domestic service delivery and tourists travelling in the region. However, due to an economic recession and the security situation in the area, the Saidu Sharif airport had been closed for commercial flights and reserved for security purposes instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":45857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15167],"tags":[17291,17292,17293],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-details-on-govt-to-open-saidu-sharif-airport-for-commercial-flights-to-promote-tourism","9":"tag-saidu-sharif-airport","10":"tag-swat-valley","11":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to open Saidu Sharif airport for commercial flights - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senior Joint Secretary (Aviation Division) Abdul Sattar Khokar recently announced the government\u2019s decision to reopen the airport at Saidu Sharif\" \/>\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\/govt-open-saidu-sharif-airport-commercial-flights.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to open Saidu Sharif airport for commercial flights - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senior Joint Secretary (Aviation Division) Abdul Sattar Khokar recently announced the government\u2019s decision to reopen the airport at Saidu Sharif\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-open-saidu-sharif-airport-commercial-flights.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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