{"id":63474,"date":"2025-01-24T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63474"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:44:14","slug":"inaugural-international-flight-takes-off-from-gwadar-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/inaugural-international-flight-takes-off-from-gwadar-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural international flight takes off from Gwadar airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GWADAR: The New <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/gwadar-airport-becomes-operational-as-inaugural-flight-lands\/\">Gwadar International Airport<\/a> has started its international operations with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) becoming the first airline to operate its international flight.<\/p>\n<p>The PIA flight PK-197 carrying 39 passengers took off for Muscat, starting the China-funded newly built airport&#8217;s international operations just days after it received a domestic flight.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the national flag carrier said, &#8220;First international flight departs from New Gwadar International Airport to Muscat,&#8221; adding that it would initially run one weekly flight to Muscat on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PIA is committed to activating air operations across the country in line with national aspirations and public needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"storypage-social-bottom\">\n<div class=\"story-social-icons\">\n<p>Earlier this week on Monday, the airport welcomed its first-ever flight, commencing its operations.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-503, from Karachi, landed at the airport at 11:14 am. The first-ever flight received a water salute from the water browsers upon landing.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif celebrated the operationalisation of the Gwadar airport, describing it as a significant step toward linking Gwadar with Central Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and Gulf countries.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the federal government announced that the Gwadar airport would be able to handle A-380 aircraft and accommodate four million passengers annually.<\/p>\n<p>The airport will eventually feature facilities like cold storage, cargo sheds, hotels, and shopping malls, with banking services arranged through the State Bank of Pakistan, the PM\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GWADAR: The New Gwadar International Airport has started its international operations with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) becoming the first airline to operate its international flight. The PIA flight PK-197 carrying 39 passengers took off for Muscat, starting the China-funded newly built airport&#8217;s international operations just days after it received a domestic flight. In a statement, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":63475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20073],"class_list":["post-63474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-new-gwadar-international-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63476,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63474\/revisions\/63476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}