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36-527: 1. Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981, empowers the Federal Government to prohibit any person from proceeding abroad. Ordinarily, the following categories of persons are placed on ECL:- 2. The on-line system is operational at the ministry linked with international airports at Karachi , Lahore , Peshawar , Islamabad and Faisalabad . 3. Any person aggrieved by the order of the federal government regarding placement of his or her name on

72-534: A hub for the national flag carrier , Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), airblue , and many other private airlines. The airport is equipped with aircraft engineering and overhauling facilities including the Ispahani Hangar for wide-body aircraft . Imperial Airways was one of the first airlines to fly to Karachi in December 1926 when Pakistan was a part of British India. J. R. D. Tata made

108-473: A French company, was the contractor. Mukhtar Husain and Abdul Malik (NESPAK) were the chief engineers for the new terminal. In Karachi, the CIP Lounge can be used by all first and business class passengers on all outbound flights. Barclays, UBL and airblue have also introduced their dedicated lounges in the international terminal. There are a number of bank kiosks and ATMs that passengers can use at

144-476: A criminal, or there is another legal basis for action, the question of placing an individual's name on the ECL would not arise. This Pakistani law-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport ( Urdu : جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا ) ( IATA : KHI , ICAO : OPKC ), formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport ,

180-534: A floating hangar on Lake Constance at Manzell today part of Friedrichshafen . The floating hangar turned into the direction of the wind on its own and so it was easier to move the airship into the hangar exactly against the wind. For the same reason later rotating hangars were built at Biesdorf (today part of Berlin ) and at the Nordholz Airbase , to the south of Cuxhaven in Germany . Already before

216-424: A heptagon carpark which can accommodate more than 3000 vehicles. Buses, mini buses and taxis are also available to the airport. There are also a number of traditional auto-rickshaws available at the airport parking area and entrance which are quite popular to travel short distances within the city. Karachi Cantonment railway station is the nearest railway station from the airport to get the railway connections for

252-557: A major maintenance and supply depot for both air forces. In addition, Air Transport Command flew numerous cargo and passenger flights to the Middle East and to points within British India and China. The airport facilities were further expanded in the 1980s to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 respectively. The present day infrastructure of Jinnah International Complex is a result of an expansion programme carried out in 1994. Today,

288-586: A nonstop flight to Toronto on Boeing 777s. Jinnah International Airport has a capacity of handling 12 million passengers annually. In fiscal year 2008–2009, over 5,725,052 passengers used Jinnah International Airport. 50,095 aircraft movements were registered. It is a major focus city of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), as the primary hub has shifted to Islamabad. All other Pakistani airlines also use Jinnah International Airport as their main hub. These include airblue , SereneAir , Fly Jinnah , and AirSial as well as several charter carriers. The building

324-582: Is Pakistan 's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. Located in Karachi , the largest city and commercial capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh , it is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah , the statesman founder of Pakistan. It is one of the oldest airports in the world. The airport is managed by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) , and serves as

360-486: Is PIA's wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Jinnah International Airport. It was named in honour of Mirza Ahmed Isphahani, the first and longest serving chairperson of Pakistan International Airlines from its inception in 1954 until 1962. The new jet hangar for wide-body and narrow-body aircraft with a supporting airframe overhaul shop was completed and commissioned in 1968. Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at

396-553: Is able to handle 12 aircraft at once, while the parking area measures 266,000 sq metres and is able to accommodate 42 aircraft, 12 of which through air bridges linking them directly with the terminal building. In addition, there are remote parking bays for 30 aircraft. : Air China 's flight from Beijing to Karachi makes a stop-over at Islamabad but the flight from Karachi to Beijing is non-stop. Air China does not have eighth freedom rights to transport passengers solely between Karachi and Islamabad. The following table provides details of

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432-406: Is linked via connecting corridors to two satellites, each having a provision of eight passenger-loading bridges. The eastern satellite is devoted exclusively to handling international operations. The western satellite is used for domestic operations, as well as some international operations. This is achieved through a flexible arrangement of gates. The two satellites supplement the departure lounges of

468-816: The First World War there were transportable tent constructions as hangars for smaller airships. They were quite common in the US at fairgrounds or exhibitions. The American Melvin Vaniman constructed big tent hangars in France particularly for the French army. With the construction of Zeppelin LZ1 the era of big rigid airships started in Germany and for this very big airship hangars were necessary. This development started at

504-537: The Ministry of Interior and thus avoiding the previously experienced complications in this regard. In 2018, the government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) reached an agreement after which the latter ended its three-day-long nationwide protests against the Supreme Court of Pakistan 's acquittal of Asia Bibi who had been sentenced to death in 2010 for blasphemy. One of the points both parties agreed on

540-743: The R101 was built, remain. The No.1 Cardington hangar is original, but extended; the No.2 hangar was relocated to Cardington from Pulham in 1928. In 1924, the Imperial Airship Communications scheme planned to extend mail and passenger service to British India, so an 859-foot hangar was constructed at Karachi (now in Pakistan) in 1929. This was the intended destination of the R101. In France few big hangars had been built, because there

576-472: The ECL, can under the law, file a review petition giving justifications for review and also can seek a personal hearing with the competent authority. 4. The ECL is reviewed periodically to assess the need for further retention of a person on the ECL. Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was responsible for control of the Exit Control List but now this responsibility has been shifted to

612-616: The Zeppelin plant in Friedrichshafen before the First World War, continued through the war with dozens of hangars for construction of big rigid airships and their operation all over Germany and the occupied territories. In the 1920s and 30s even bigger hangars for the new Hindenburg -class airships were built at Friedrichshafen, Frankfurt and at Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport , Santa Cruz , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ,

648-875: The aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines, Yemenia and Turkish Airlines. Jinnah Airport has one main terminal, divided into two concourses and five floors: The airport has two runways measuring 3,200m and 3,400m in length respectively. Runways 25R/07L and 25L/07R have a width of 46 m (150 ft) and 45m respectively. The runways are capable of handling up to Boeing 747-400 , Airbus A350 XWB and Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft. The runways have capacity to handle 15 flights per hour and can accommodate simultaneous landings and take offs. Runways 25R and 25L are equipped with ILS CAT-I to guide landing aircraft safely under very poor weather conditions and in low visibility conditions, such as fog. The taxiway

684-474: The airport. The airport is also where the majority of PIA's maintenance network is located, although some of its maintenance work also takes place at Islamabad International Airport , Islamabad. There are several hangars at the airport; the largest being the Ispahani Hangar (named after Mirza Ahmad Ispahani , the first chairman of PIA) which can accommodate two wide-body aircraft and one narrow body airliner (e.g. Boeing 737 ) at one time. On 15 February 2006,

720-631: The construction and aesthetic of the design. None of the big French hangars exist anymore, while a few smaller ones still are there (see Ecausseville, Calvados for a surviving example). In the United States the Navy began producing non-rigid airships during World War I . The Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar in Suffield, Ohio was constructed in 1917 by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for

756-473: The construction of the Cargolifter AG airship. With a length of 360 metres (1,180 ft), a width of 210 metres (690 ft) and a height of 107 metres (351 ft), it is one of the largest structures in the world without interior support structures. After the bankruptcy of Cargolifter AG it was converted into the leisure center " Tropical Islands ". For the needs of the rather small blimps quite

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792-538: The first major overhaul of a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft (known as "C" check) was done at Ispahani Hangar. Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at the aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi. The head office of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan is located in Terminal 1. Pakistan International Airlines has its head office on

828-522: The grounds of the airport (PIA Building), as well as its central mainframe (CRC Building). CRC Building also houses the PIA frequent flyer programme, Awards +, as well as hosting SITA Bagtrak, the shared International Air Transport Association global lost luggage tracking computer network. PIA Engineering HQ, Cargo Village, Flight Kitchen, and PTC (PIA Training Centre) are also located here. Terminals 1 and Jinnah West also have round-the-clock PIA booking offices and ticketing auto-kiosks. The Isphahani Hangar

864-585: The maiden voyage from Juhu Aerodrome in Bombay (now Mumbai ) to Drigh Road airstrip (now Jinnah International Airport), Karachi , via Ahmedabad , on 15 October 1932, carrying mail in a Puss Moth aircraft. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, there was a large black coloured airship hangar at the site of Karachi Airport, constructed for the British HMA R101 , at the time, the largest aircraft ever built . Only three hangars were ever built in

900-407: The major traffic flows out of Karachi Airport in terms of passenger numbers, aircraft movements, cargo as well as mail. The results were collected by the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan : Jinnah International Airport is situated near the highly populated areas of Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Malir . It is easily accessible through Shahrah-e-Faisal Road from any part of the city. The airport has

936-527: The new Jinnah Terminal handles both domestic and international flights, whereas Terminal 2 is now dedicated to Hajj operations. Terminal 1 (the original airport) is now the HQ of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority and Terminal 3 is dedicated to commercial offices. Between the 1960s and 1980s, it was an online station of airlines such as BOAC , Qantas , and Pan Am , featuring prominently on for Eurasia flights. In March 2006, Pakistan International Airlines began

972-610: The only Zeppelin airship hangar of all those built which still exists There was also an airship program in the UK. This required the big construction sheds in Barrow-in-Furness , Inchinnan , Barlow and Cardington , and the rigid airship war stations at Longside, East Fortune , Howden , Pulham (Norfolk) and Kingsnorth . Today, only the two hangars of the former Royal Airship Works in Cardington, Bedfordshire , where

1008-909: The other parts of country. There is also a commuter rail station, Karachi Airport Station, which is located 2 km southwest of main Jinnah Terminal, just south of Star Gate. In 2013, the son of a politician Sher Muhammad Baloch thrashed an official of local airline. In 2018, a male passenger was thrashed by the officials at the airport. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency [REDACTED] Media related to Jinnah International Airport at Wikimedia Commons Airship hangar Airship hangars (also known as airship sheds ) are large specialized buildings that are used for sheltering airships during construction, maintenance and storage. Rigid airships always needed to be based in airship hangars because weathering

1044-671: The production of non-rigid airships and training. Hangar No 1 at Lakehurst Naval Airship Station was built in 1921 to house the Navy's future rigid airships. Additional hangars, which housed the USS ; Akron  (ZRS-4) and USS  Macon  (ZRS-5) , exist in Akron, Ohio (the Goodyear Airdock , 1929) and Sunnyvale, California ( Hangar One, Moffett Federal Airfield , 1932). The ships were constructed in Akron. The Akron

1080-485: The terminal building and also provide shopping facilities, mobile recharging points, and snack counters. The Jinnah Terminal was completed in 1992 at a cost of US$ 100 million – at the time the most expensive civil construction project in Pakistan. NESPAK (National Engineering Services Pakistan) and Airconsult ( Frankfurt , Germany ) were responsible for the architecture and planning of the terminal. Sogea Construction,

1116-468: The world to dock and hangar Britain's fleet of passenger airships . However, the R101 never arrived in Karachi (then part of the British Raj ) as it crashed and exploded just 8 hours into its maiden flight over Beauvais , France , killing all but 6 of its 54 passengers and crew. This hangar was so huge that aircraft often used it as a visual marker while attempting VFR landings at Karachi. Over

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1152-824: The years, the hangar became known as the landmark of Karachi, until it was demolished by order of then-President Field Marshal Ayub Khan in the 1960s. During World War II , Karachi Airport was a major transhipment base for United States Army Air Forces units and equipment being used by Tenth Air Force in eastern India, Burma and the Fourteenth Air Force in China . Several operational bomber and fighter units flew into Karachi for short organisational periods prior to their deployment. Air Technical Service Command had extensive facilities where aircraft were received, assembled and tested prior to being flown to their combat units at forward airfields. It also functioned as

1188-516: Was a serious risk. The first real airship hangar was built as Hangar "Y" at Chalais-Meudon near Paris in 1879 where the engineers Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs constructed their first airship " La France ". Hangar "Y" is one of the few remaining airship hangars in Europe. The construction of the first operational rigid airship LZ1 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin started in 1899 in

1224-646: Was based in Lakehurst while the Macon was based at Moffett Field. During World War II , seventeen large hangars were built to house US Navy blimps. Today, six of these wooden hangars still exist: Moffett Field (2), Tustin, California (1), Tillamook, Oregon (1), Lakehurst, New Jersey (2). After the Second World War worldwide only one big airship shed had been built: The one in Brand south of Berlin for

1260-474: Was only one attempt to build a rigid airship. Nevertheless, at the end of the First World War an airship station for rigid airships was built in Cuers -Pierrefeu by adding the parts of smaller hangars to two big ones. At Paris-Orly Airport two concrete hangars were built between 1923 and 1926. Planned by the engineer Eugene Freyssinet , the 300 metre-long buildings were an important innovation according to

1296-482: Was that the government would "initiate the legal process" to place Bibi's name on the Exit Control List. After Bibi's acquittal on October 31, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) ordered their followers to protest and begin sit-ins across the country. The protests turned violent and saw destruction and vandalism of private property. However, the government stated that unless a person is declared

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