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Karachi International Airport is Pakistan's largest international and domestic airport. It is located in Karachi, Pakistan and has the IATA Airport Code KHI. It is also known as Jinnah Terminal
In contrast to most world wide countries, the Government of Pakistan has designated Karachi's airport to be the leading aviation facility in that country, instead of Islamabad International Airport, the airport located at Pakistan's capital of Islamabad.
Karachi is the hub of Pakistan International Airlines, (PIA).
In 1981, there was a hijack of a PIA plane flying from Karachi to Damascus. The plane was diverted to Kabul, where one passenger lost his life.
On 23 September 1983, Gulf Air Flight 771, which was flying to Abu Dhabi from Karachi, was bombed, killing everyone on board.
On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board was hijacked at while still at Karachi's runway. 22 people died in that attack.
Airlines currently serving Karachi International include:
- Aero Asia
- Aeroflot
- African Airlines
- Air China
- Air France
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- Bhoja Air
- British Airways
- Egypt Air
- Cathay Pacific
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Gulf Air
- Iran Air
- Indian Airlines
- Kenya Airways
- Kuwait Airways
- Lufthansa
- Malaysia Airlines
- Oman Airways
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Jordanian
- Safe Air
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Shaheen Air
- Singapore Airlines
- Sri Lankan Airlines
- Swiss
- Syrian Arabian Airlines
- Thai Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- Turkmenistan Airlines
- Uzbekistan Airways
- Xin Jiang Airlines of China
- Yemenia
