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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (IATA: AMD, ICAO: VAAH) is India’s eighth busiest airport with an average of 150 aircraft movements a day. It services the metropolitan areas of two cities in the State of Gujarat – Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar – and is located 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Ahmedabad Railway Station. It is named after statesman and former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The airport is spread over an area of 1,124 acres (4.55 km2) with the runway measuring 11,811 ft (3,600 m). Nearly all domestic airlines serve Ahmedabad, as do several international ones.

The airport is a focus city for several Indian carriers, including Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet.

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Raja Sansi International Airport

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Raja Sansi International Airport (IATA: ATQ, ICAO: VIAR), also known as Guru Ram Das International Airport, after Guru Ram Das Ji, the founder of Amritsar, is 11 km north-west from the city of Amritsar, India. It is located on the Amritsar-Ajnala Road, near the village of Raja Sansi. It serves not only the city of Amritsar, but also the state of Punjab.

As a government designated international airport, the airport currently handles about 90 commercial flights a week, both international and domestic.

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Malé International Airport

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Malé International Airport (IATA: MLE, ICAO: VRMM), formerly known as Hulhulé Airport, is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, near the capital island Malé.

Malé was the Maldives’ only international airport until the upgrading of Gan to international standard. Though the upgrading of Gan International Airport has been completed, regular international flight operations have yet to commence.

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Tribhuvan International Airport

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Tribhuvan International Airport (IATA: KTM, ICAO: VNKT) is an international airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Tribhuvan is the sole international airport in Nepal. There are two terminals, one domestic and one international. Radisson Hotel Kathmandu operates an executive lounge for First and Business class passengers for different airlines and Thai Airways International operates a business lounge for its Business class passengers as well as Star Alliance Gold card holders. A recent extension to the international terminal has made the distance to the airplanes shorter.

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The Shanker Hotel

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The Shanker Hotel is a heritage hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is located in Lazimpat, next to the historic Narayanhiti Royal Palace Museum. This was formerly a neo-classical Rana palace made by Agni Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, the then prime minister of Nepal. The hotel was opened in 1964 and undergoing a complete refurbishment.

According to legend, Nepal’s Late Queen Aishwarya was also born in this palace.

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Habib Bank Plaza

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Habib Bank Plaza, located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, is the head office of Habib Bank. It was Pakistan’s tallest building upon completion in 1963. It remained the tallest building for 4 decades until the 116m tall MCB Tower was completed in 2005. However, even after the MCB Tower, the Habib Bank Plaza is still the second highest building in Karachi today.

Pakistan’s tallest building from 1963 until 2005. After 2005, MCB Landmark plaza became the tallest building of Pakistan with 29 floors and a helipad on top. Habib bank plaza has 22 floors.

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The Centaurus

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The Centaurus is a mixed-use development project currently under construction in Islamabad, Pakistan. The project involves over 6.59 acres of land in Islamabad’s arterial corridor, called Blue Area.

The complex is designed by Atkins, whose portfolio includes the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, and the Bahrain World Trade Center in Bahrain. It is a project of the Pak Gulf Construction (Pvt) Ltd (PGCL) in Islamabad. Pak Gulf construction company is a joint venture between Al Tamimi (Saudi Arabia) and Sardar Builders (Pakistan).

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World Trade Center Islamabad

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Commercial chattels in Pakistan is being endorsed by more international real estate developers then ever recorded in previous real estate history. One such extravaganza is the World Trade Center Islamabad. It is one of its kind and is being developed by the renowned Al Ghurair Giga Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited. The concept of a World Trade Center in Pakistan was promoted by the Vice Chairman of the Group Haji Rafiq Giga, who exhibits great patriotism and wanted Pakistan to be in the list of economically developed countries.

Al Ghurair Giga is the official licensee of World Trade Centers Association New York, for Islamabad and by the grace of Almighty Allah the World Trade Center Islamabad is under construction. The World Trade Center Islamabad will be amongst 326 WTC’s operating in about 100 countries, with 750,000 affiliations.

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World Trade Center Colombo

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The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) is the tallest completed building in Sri Lanka. Standing over 152 m (499 ft) from the ground, it ranks as the second tallest twin tower in South Asia. WTCC runs under the management of the Overseas Reality Ceylon (PLC) (better known as ORCPLC). ORCPLC is a part of Mireka Capital Land (pvt) Ltd which owns the Havelock City Project, one of the largest residential projects in Asia.

The WTCC was opened on 12 October, 1997 by the former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga. The tower consists of two identical 40-storey towers, the east and the west towers.

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Havelock City

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The Havelock City Project, well known locally for its Asia Pacific Property Awards, is one of the largest and most expensive multi-purpose real-estate development projects in the world, being constructed in the Havelock Town region of Sri Lanka. The project will consist of nine individual towers:

  • Tower 1 – 22 floors (also called Park Tower, part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 2 – 22 floors (also called Elibank Tower, part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 3 – 22 floors (part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 4 – 22 floors (part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 5 – 27 floors (part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 6 – 27 floors (part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 7 – 29 floors (part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 8 – 29 floors (part of the “Residential Component”)
  • Tower 9 – ?? floors (also called as the “Commercial Component”)

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