Visit to Lahore Airport by Aircraft Carrying Prime Minister of India

[Abbas Ali]

Arrival of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi aboard Indian Air Force (IAF) Boeing 737-7HI BBJ serial number K5012 named "RAJDOOT" at Allama Iqbal International Air Port (AIIAP) - Lahore on December 25, 2015.














Mobile stairs with PIA streak but without airline's logo/titles.




Cabinet Division 6th Aviation Squadron AgustaWestland AW139 that carried PMs Sharif and Modi from Lahore Airport to PM Sharif's residence in Jati Umra.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Landing by second IAF Boeing 737-7HI BBJ at Lahore Airport was also seen when Cabinet Division 6th Aviation Squadron AgustaWestland AW139 with PMs Sharif and Modi aboard was taxiing for takeoff.

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[Muhammad Rumman]

K5014

http://postimg.org/gallery/2v70injra/4a5d95fc/

[Bluemax]

[aviator773]

IFC 52 Airborne. And IFC54 about to get airborne.
In mean time ML185 landed at Lahore .

[Abbas Ali]

Departure of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi aboard Indian Air Force (IAF) Boeing 737-7HI BBJ serial number K5012 named "RAJDOOT" from Allama Iqbal International Air Port (AIIAP) - Lahore on December 25, 2015.

The Boeing 737 probably departed from Lahore for flight to Palam Air Force Station in Delhi, India.





Abbas

[CoyBoy]

Indian PM has flown Air India aircraft to Kabul in the past, it was on an A310 in palace windows livery almost ten years ago.

[Pakistan-1]

What's with the surprise visit anyways ?

[Bluemax]

What's with the surprise visit anyways ?

Steel Trade.

[Abbas Ali]

Just a goodwill visit by the Indian PM to Pakistan. No agreement signed between the two countries during this very short & informal visit.

BTW, "RAJDOOT" was parked in front of Lahore Airport terminal building on a bay with boarding bridge facility used for parking aircraft performing regular passengers flights. Apparently mobile stairs were used for IAF B737 because it was a VIP flight.











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[saadm80]

Who did the Ground Handling? Was it PIA?

[ammad]

^^ Yes, by PIA. Look at the picture with caption ->> Mobile stairs with PIA streak but without airline's logo/titles

[CoyBoy]

I noticed that too, no PIA logo on stairs.

[Abbas Ali]

Those mobile stairs with proper PIA logo/titles would have been good advertisement for the airline in world media.

I think from 1990s PIA stopped properly painting ground equipment under a standard design. Nowadays we see PIA ground equipment painted with different styles/fonts/colours/designs/streaks at different airports of the country. There's no standard colour scheme for the ground equipment.

Mobile stairs and other ground equipment in 1980s were seen properly painted according to airline's corporate identity at major airports of the country. I've seen a brochure probably issued by Negus & Negus with details like how PIA ground equipment like buses, mobile stairs, GPU, tugs, catering vans etc. should be painted according to green & gold livery of the airline. The brochure also had designs for baggage tags, timetables, passenger tickets, signboards etc. according to green & gold livery of the airline.

Here are some photos of properly painted mobile stairs of PIA according to green & gold livery of the airline.








Steps with PIA logo.

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[Abbas Ali]

According to news channels, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sent a bill of two hundred ten thousand rupees to PIA for accommodation & refreshment of PM Mod's delegation members in a lounge of Lahore Airport. Probably Commercially Important Person (CIP) Lounge of the airport managed by Pakistan CAA?

According to PIA spokesperson's statement on PTV News, the airline has received payment from relevant government department(s) for the bill it paid to CAA.

Probably PIA was charged because it provided ground handling service to the IAF B737.

Abbas