Islamabad airport flights may be delayed over weekend from 8-9:15pm

Published May 8, 2026 Updated May 8, 2026 03:39pm
A PIA aircraft at the New Islamabad International Airport. — DawnNewsTV/File
A PIA aircraft at the New Islamabad International Airport. — DawnNewsTV/File

ISLAMABAD: Flight operations at the Islamabad airport may be affected due to “operational reasons” from May 8-10, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) notified in a notice to airmen (Notam) on Friday.

The Notam said flight arrivals and departures could be delayed because of “operational” reasons from 10:45am to 12:15pm on May 8 and between 8pm and 9:15pm on May 9 and 10.

It further stated that flights arriving at the Islamabad airport had been asked to “bring sufficient holding fuel to cater to the delay”.

The PAA had issued a similar Notam for the airport in the federal capital in March as well. It said flight operations at Islamabad airport would be suspended for two hours on March 17 due to “operational reasons”.

The arriving aircraft were advised to “bring sufficient holding fuel to cater for delay” back then as well.

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