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Allama Iqbal International Airport
Lahore International Airport

علامہ اقبال بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
Allama Iqbal International Airport; Lahore International Airport; علامہ اقبال بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
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	IATA: LHE; ICAO: OPLA;
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Airport type	Public
Operator	Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves	Lahore
Elevation AMSL	698 ft / 213 m
Coordinates	31°31′17″N 74°24′09″E / 31.52139°N 74.40250°E
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Allama Iqbal International Airport (IATA: LHE, ICAO: OPLA) is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Formerly known as Lahore International Airport, it is named after Allama Iqbal who was a major proponent for the foundation of Pakistan. The Airport has 3 terminals, the Allama Iqbal terminal, the Hajj terminal, and a cargo terminal.

Location

The airport is located about 15 kilometres from the centre of the city.

The Allama Iqbal International Complex

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. Right now the airport gets an average of 75-80 flights each day, but the number of flights increases during the Hajj season and the airport handles about 3.58 million passengers per year

The brand new terminal 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 languages, Urdu and English. The airport has seven air-bridges that dock onto the aircraft during departures and arrivals at the terminal. The total parking spaces are 30. The airport can provide 22 parking spaces for commercial and jet aircraft.

Pakistan International Airlines is a major airline that flies out of Lahore as the flag carrier of Pakistan and uses the airport as a hub only second to Jinnah International Airport. Other Pakistani airlines that operate out of Lahore daily are Airblue, and Shaheen Air International.

The Hajj Terminal

The Arrival message when passengers arrive at the airport

The Hajj terminal is part of the old airport. It is used every year by Pakistan International Airlines for Hajj Operations to take the people who are going on Hajj to The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, negotiations are underway to allow the private airline to use the terminal as well.

Pakistan International Airlines (Jeddah)

Airlines and destinations

Airblue (Dubai, Karachi)
ASSL (Hyderabad, Karachi)
Emirates (Dubai)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
Gulf Air (Bahrain, Muscat)
Indian (New Delhi)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) [starts October 28, 2007]
Mahan Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur) [Start from 7th January 2008]^[1]
Oman Air (Muscat) [starts November 2007]
Pakistan International Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Bahawalpur, Beijing, Copenhagen, Dammam, Delhi, Dera Ghazi Khan, Doha, Dubai, Glasgow-International, Islamabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait City, London-Heathrow, Mashhad, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Multan, Muscat, New York-JFK, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharjah, Sukkur, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina)
Shaheen Air International (Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, Doha, Dubai, Karachi, Kuwait, Muscat)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent)

Cargo airlines

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The Allama Iqbal Intl Airport fully decorated to celebrate the Independace of Pakistan

ACT Airlines
Antonov Airlines
Askari Aviation
Atlas Air
British Airways World Cargo
- operated by DHL
DHL Cargo
Emirates SkyCargo
Lufthansa Cargo
Ocean Airlines
Pakistan International Cargo
- operated by MNG Airlines
Polet Cargo Airlines
Qatar Airways Cargo
Royal Airlines Cargo
Star Air
TCS Couriers
United Parcel Service (UPS)

Charter airlines

Askari Aviation (Islamabad)
Royal Airlines (Karachi)
Schon Air (Karachi)

CIP / VIP Lounge

The CIP Lounge under construction in January, 2003.

The use of the CIP lounge is available to only first class and business class passengers travelling on most airlines arriving 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 over 20 items, television, newspapers, magazines, telephones, fax machines and free Internet.

Events

During 2000 an Indian Airlines Flight 814 jet which was hijacked in Nepal by elements sympathetic to the militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. The aircraft landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport for a few hours and left for Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Construction details

References

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 *[[Mahan Air]] (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
 *[[Malaysia Airlines]] (Kuala Lumpur) [Start from 7th January 2008]<ref>[http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Tuesday/Nation/20070918015138/Article/ Mas Starts Lahore Flight ]</ref>
-*[[Oman Air]] (Muscat)
+*[[Oman Air]] (Muscat) [''starts November 2007'']
 *[[Pakistan International Airlines]] (Abu Dhabi, Bahawalpur, Beijing, Copenhagen, Dammam, Delhi, Dera Ghazi Khan, Doha, Dubai, Glasgow-International, Islamabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait City, London-Heathrow, Mashhad, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Multan, Muscat, New York-JFK, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharjah, Sukkur, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson)
 *[[Qatar Airways]] (Doha)