Aviation Week
Aaron Karp
27 Jan 2026
The Pakistani government says it has initiated an “open bidding” process for a concession to run Islamabad International Airport (ISB) as part of a broader privatization initiative.
Previously, Pakistan had considered a government-to-government arrangement to outsource management of ISB. But the government’s Privatization Ministry said in a statement that it is now seeking “long-term commercial concessions” for the management of ISB, as well as airports in Karachi and Lahore.
Pakistan appears to be pursuing a public-private partnership model for the management of the three airports.
