Several airports in Pakistan are being upgraded during the current fiscal year and the country’s Civil Aviation Authority has awarded contracts worth PKR 14.224 billion for various construction works and upgradation of the airports.Of this investment, PKR 11.825 billion will be spent on airside infrastructure of New Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad, PKR 1.719 billion on airside pavement and upgradation of Multan Airport and PKR 680 million on site protection work at New Gwadar International Airport.
Meanwhile the CAA completed major projects at airports besides procurement, installing technical equipment including flight information system at Karachi airport, runway visibility equipment for Lahore airport, communication system and ATC recorders for various airports, and repair and upgradation of radar, partial, implementation at Karachi and Lahore airports.
The CAA also completed air field lighting at Sukkur and Peshawar, improvement of terminal buildings Quetta and D.G. Khan and reactivation/uplifting of Nawabshah, Hyderabad and Sukkar airports.
