Allama Iqbal International Airport
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Allama Iqbal International Airport (IATA airport code: LHE formerly called Lahore International Airport) is the airport which serves Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore. It is named after Allama Iqbal who was a major proponent for the foundation of Pakistan.
The airport is located about 15 km from the center of the city. Recently, it has undergone a major renovation which has not only enlarged the airport, but also beautified it with the building of new terminals built to reflect the Mughal history of Lahore. The new renovations were carried out with hopes of increasing traffic to the airport by ten million more passengers by 2009.
The brand new airport includes many duty-free shops including restaurants, cafes, ice-cream parlours, confectionery shops, book and toy shops and a souvenir shop. There are many flat screen televisions that show live flight times in the national language, Urdu and English. The airport has seven air-bridges that dock onto the aircrafts during departures and arrivals at the terminal.
During 2000 an Indian Airlines jet which was hijacked in Nepal by elements sympathetic to the freedom fighters in Indian-Occupied Kashmir. The aircraft landed at Lahore International Airport for a few hours and left for Kabul, Afganistan.
From Allama Iqbal International Airport, flights are available to domestic and international destinations. Pakistan International Airlines is a major airline that flies out of Lahore.
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Airlines
- Aero Asia Airlines
- Airblue
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Gulf Traveller (Bahrain)(AbuDhabi)(Muscat)
- Indian Airlines (Delhi)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Jordanian Airlines (Amman)
- Pakistan International Airlines (More than 40 destinations WorldWide)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah)(Riyadh)
- Shaheen Air
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
Cargo Airlines
The CIP / VIP Lounge
The use of the CIP lounge is available to only first class and business class passengers travelling on most airlines arrving at the airport.
There are many banks at Allama Iqbal Airport, Lahore including:
- Askari Commercial Bank
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Union Bank
- ABN AMRO Bank
Inorder to access the CIP lounge, Passengers travelling in first and business class must be issused a card from Check-in. It costs approx. 6 dollars per passenger to gain access to the lounge.
The CIP lounge has more then 22 items, TV for Entertainment, News papers and magazines, Telephones, Fax and free Internet.
The Runways
There are 2 runways at Allama Iqbal International Airport;
- Runway 36R/18L: 3,310 meters long, 46 meters wide.
- Runway 36L/18R: 2,900 meters long, 46 meters wide.
