Ispahani Hangar

The Ispahani Hangar is PIA's wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. It has been named in honor of Mr. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani was the first and longest serving chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from its inception until 1962. The new jet hangar for wide body and narrow body aircraft with a supporting airframe overhaul shop was completed and commissioned in 1968.

Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at the aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines and Turkish Airlines.

See also

* List of airports in Pakistan
* Airlines of Pakistan
* Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
* Shaheen Airport Services
* Transport in Pakistan
* Pakistan International Airlines

External links

* [http://www.piac.com.pk/inside_pia/history/pia_history6170.asp PIA History 1961-1970]
* [http://www.piac.com.pk/inside_pia/history/pia_history.asp PIA General History]
* [http://www.pakistaniaviation.com/photopiab747300flightaugustb2002747-200sPIAparkedQIAP09b2002.htm Photos of Ispahani Hangar]
* [http://www.pakistaniaviation.com/photopiab747300flightaugustb2002747-200sPIAparkedQIAP209b2002.htm Photo of Hangar, August 2002]