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  • Senate body asks CAA to redesign third runway of new Islamabad airport

    ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to revisit the design of third runway at the new Islamabad airport so that at the interests of the local settlements could be safeguarded...

    The chairman of the Senate committee, Senator Talha Mahmood said the residents of Meelu village, located adjacent to the airport, feared that they would be uprooted if the...

  • Airport runway to be closed for 12 hours till Dec 11

    LAHORE: The main runway of the Allama Iqbal International Airport will be closed from Saturday (tomorrow) till Dec 11 for 12 hours a day to install latest Instrument Landing System (ILS) CAT III-B to improve visibility during fog...

    Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Pervez George told Dawn on Thursday that the work on installing ILS CAT-III-B had begun and the Lahore airport main runway would remain closed for 12 hours (8am to 2pm...

  • CAA acquiring land for third runway at Islamabad Airport

    ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is planning to acquire over 2,800 acres of additional land to build a third runway at the Islamabad International Airport scheduled to be operational by Aug 14 this year...

    According to a document available with Dawn, the CAA will have to acquire 2,833 acres to build a third runway, the proposed land for which lies in the existing locality of Pind Ranjha...

  • Construction of new runway at Quetta airport begins

    QUETTA: Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan, along with Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan, on Wednesday performed the groundbreaking of a new runway at Quetta International Airport...

    Speaking on the occasion, the aviation minister said the federal government believed in equal rights of all federating units and a new runway and an international lounge at Quetta airport would ensure quality facilities for...

  • Jet carrying 88 overshoots runway on German island of Sylt

    BERLIN: German authorities say a passenger jet with 88 people on board overshot the end of the runway on the North Sea island of Sylt, but nobody was injured in the incident...

    The regional emergency response centre says the Air Berlin plane from Duesseldorf came to a halt on Saturday on the grass about 50 meters (yards) beyond the end of the runway...

  • Trend report: Straight from the runway

    Here’s what we didn’t care much for at the PSFW this time: boring versions of the ghagra choli, the long-hackneyed ball skirt and digital prints that designers just can’t let go of! On the upside, here’s what we likedEasy breezy off-shoulder tunics and ponchosFor the woman who likes to keep things simple, structured with appliquéd organza on net and crepe silks by Misha Lakhani...

    StripesIn neon multi-colors by Hina Butt and pleated and...
  • Alliance wrecks Yemen runway after Iranian plane defies blockade

    DUBAI: Coalition warplanes destroyed the runway at Sanaa’s rebel-held airport on Tuesday after an Iranian plane “defied” a blockade on Yemeni airspace, the spokesman for the Saudi-led alliance said...

    Brigadier General Ahmed al Assiri said the pilot of the Iranian plane dismissed warnings not to fly in to Sanaa airport after entering through an unauthorised route...

  • ‘Unfit’ PIA plane veers off runway

    RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, PK-451 with 123 passengers and crew members on board and en route to Skardu veered off the runway during landing at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) on Monday...

    The tyres of the plane burst during landing, causing the plane to veer off the runway...

  • Main runway to be closed for four months

    LAHORE: The main runway of the Lahore airport will be closed for about four months (Aug 15-Dec 11) for 12 hours a day to install Instrument Landing System (ILS) CAT III-B to improve visibility during fog...

    “PIA’s aircraft Boeing 777 and 747 which are used for Haj operation, Europe and the US destinations cannot land on a standby runway at the Allama Iqbal International Airport,” a source in PIA said...

  • Runway repairs at BBIA suspended

    RAWALPINDI: The repair work on Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) runway was suspended on Tuesday due to Eidul Azha holidays, but the runway will remain available for operational purposes...

    A Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson said the long overdue repair of the runway began on September 18, and work was scheduled to be completed by 27th...

  • Probe begins into dog on PM’s plane runway

    BAHAWALPUR: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) began on Wednesday an inquiry into random appearance of a stray dog in front of the VVIP aircraft of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the time of his departure from Bahawalpur airport on Nov 6...

    A stray dog had swiftly passed through the aircraft when it was taxing to take off on the runway forcing the pilot to bring it to a halt at the end of the apron...

  • 15 injured as Indian passenger plane skids off runway

    An Indian plane carrying 161 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Goa airport early Tuesday, injuring 15 people...

    The Indian Navy, which runs the airport in western India, said it was not yet clear what caused the Jet Airways plane to veer off the runway...

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