{"id":78588,"date":"2021-08-09T17:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T12:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=78588"},"modified":"2021-08-09T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T12:29:03","slug":"construction-new-airport-gilgit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-new-airport-gilgit.html","title":{"rendered":"Construction of new airport facility in Gilgit on cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gilgit: Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan recently announced that talks were being held regarding the construction of a new airport facility in Gilgit, according to news sources. The minister further stated that a plan to expand the existing Gilgit airport was also being considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-skardu-faisalabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PIA to operate Skardu-Faisalabad flights<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aviation minister revealed that a study was being carried out for the construction of a bridge to land heavy aircraft at the Gilgit airport. Additionally, while talking to the media, the minister stated that the Skardu Airport would now be operating international flights to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/skardu-international-airport-tourism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promote tourism<\/a> and trade in Gilgit Baltistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister disclosed that the Skardu airport would be operating all-weather and night-time flights and that various flights had already been initiated to the area from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot, and Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the Skardu airfield was among the world\u2019s highest altitude airports, being situated at an altitude of more than 7,000 feet, but was fast emerging as one of the busiest airports in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-skardu-flights-launched-in-gb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Direct Karachi-Skardu flights launched to promote tourism in GB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the Skardu airport will be declared an international airport next month, while its runway will also be expanded in order to allow for the landing of wide-body aircrafts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilgit: Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan recently announced that talks were being held regarding the construction of a new airport facility in Gilgit, according to news sources. The minister further stated that a plan to expand the existing Gilgit airport was also being considered. Read: PIA to operate Skardu-Faisalabad flights The aviation minister revealed that a study was being carried out for the construction of a bridge to land heavy aircraft at the Gilgit airport. Additionally, while talking to the media, the minister stated that the Skardu Airport would now be operating international flights to promote tourism and trade in Gilgit Baltistan. The minister disclosed that the Skardu airport would be operating all-weather and night-time flights and that various flights had already been initiated to the area from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot, and Islamabad. He added that the Skardu airfield was among the world\u2019s highest altitude airports, being situated at an altitude of more than 7,000 feet, but was fast emerging as one of the busiest airports in the country. Read: Direct Karachi-Skardu flights launched to promote tourism in GB Reportedly, the Skardu airport will be declared an international airport next month, while its runway will also be expanded&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[47372,29595,47373,46548,47374],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-construction-of-new-airport-facility-in-gilgit-on-cards","9":"tag-domestic-flight-operations","10":"tag-new-international-airport-in-gilgit","11":"tag-promotion-of-tourism-sector","12":"tag-tourism-in-gilgit-baltistan","13":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction of new airport facility in Gilgit on cards - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan recently announced that talks were being held regarding the construction of a new airport facility in Gilgit..\" \/>\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\/construction-new-airport-gilgit.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction of new airport facility in Gilgit on cards - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan recently announced that talks were being held regarding the construction of a new airport facility in Gilgit..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-new-airport-gilgit.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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