Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday inaugurated the long-delayed new airport in the capital, Islamabad, replacing the cramped Benazir Bhutto airport often criticized by travelers.
A Pakistan International Airlines pilot waved a green and white Pakistani flag out of his cockpit window after landing the carrier's first commercial flight at the New International Islamabad Airport.
With a sleek glass-front entrance, spacious check-in areas and jetway bridges for boarding, the Y-shaped airport promises an end to the congestion that has frustrated air travel in the past.
"This airport rightly reflects what has happened in Pakistan in the last five years," said Abbasi.
















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