Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) added another pen to their limit when international flight operations began from the New Gwadar International Airport, and the inaugural flight took off for the Omaní capital of Muscat on Friday.
A PIA spokesman said that the inaugural flight, PK-197, transported 39 passengers.
They were seen at the airport by the senior officials of PIA. According to the spokesman, the national line carrier would operate a weekly flight on the EH GWadar-Muscat route.
Keeping up to date with its tradition, the national airline took off from the new Gwadar International Airport with its inaugural international flight for Muscat, “said the spokesman in a press release.” PIA is working to activate air operations throughout the country in line with national aspirations and public requirements. “
The New Gwadar International Airport formally began its operations on Monday, welcoming its first commercial flight, PK-503 of PIA, which symbolized a new chapter in the history of the country’s aviation and a step forward towards which Pakistan Be a regional connectivity center.
Covering 4,300 acres, the airport is the largest in Pakistan and represents a significant step towards regional development. It is a 4F avant -garde installation, which can handle the largest civil plane. Its 3,658 meters long and 75 meters wide track establishes a reference point in engineering standards.
The airport is built at a cost of approximately RS50 billion, with the help of China, as part of the China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC). The Chinese embassy in a position X described the airport “A brilliant example of China-Pakistan friendship”.
Run in 2013, the CPEC, an emblematic project of the Chinese-Belt and Road (BRI) initiative, is a corridor that joins the port of Gwadar in the province of Baluchistan of Pakistan with Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur Uygur Autonomous Region of China.
