Allama Iqbal Intl Airport is the second largest civil airport of Pakistan in the city of Lahore. Lahore is the capital of the province of Punjab. The airport was called Lahore Intl Airport until the new terminal building was completed in 2003. The airport was then renamed after the Pakistani nation's poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
The airport currently has 3 terminals which include Hajj, Cargo and Allama Iqbal (passenger) terminal. The airport is nearly 15 Kms away from the city centre of Lahore.
The brand new terminal includes many duty-free shops including restaurants, cafés, ice-cream parlours, confectionery shops, book and toy shops and souvenir shops. Nirala Sweets, a famous sweets shop, has also opened in the check-in halls at the airport. There are many flat screen televisions that show live flight times in the national languages, Urdu and official language, English. The airport has seven air-bridges that dock onto the aircraft during departures and arrivals. The airport currently has 30 parking spots for aircraft.
In 2007 the airport handled 39,634 aircraft - 3,091,590 passengers - 74,664 (M.Tons) of Cargo and 1,684 (M.Tons) of mail.
Airlines that visit this airport include:
# Airblue
# Emirates
# Etihad Airways
# Gulf Air
# Kuwait Airways
# Oman Air
# Pakistan International Airlines
# Qatar Airways
# Saudi Arabian Airlines
# Shaheen Air International
# Thai Airways International
# Uzbekistan Airways
Cargo and Charter Airlines Include:
# ACT Airlines
# Askari Aviation
# Atlas Air
# British Airways World Cargo operated by DHL
# Expo Aviation
# Falcon express
# Jade Cargo
# Maximus Air Cargo
# Polet Airlines
# Qater Airways Cargo
# Royal Airlines Cargo
# TCS couriers
# Volga-Dnepr
# EuroAtlantic Airways
# Royal Airlines
# Schon Air
Features:
# Animated IK jetways
# All major airport buildings included
# Taxiway signs, and other small details
# Numerous static objects such as service vehicles and buses
# Extremely detailed taxiways and runways
# Night Textures and lights
# 3D approach and taxiway lights
# General aviation parking area
# Great performance on budget systems
# Landclass around the airport
This is a nice little scenery add on. Thankfully the jetways work.
There are some areas of nice foliage and whatnot. Everything seems laid out correctly. It beats the default airport by miles.