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All direct flights to Islamabad from the UK & Ireland

Flights from	Airport code	Country	Airline Name	Route Description	Route
Birmingham	BHX	Uk	Pakistan International Airlines	flights from Birmingham to Islamabad	Flights to Islamabad from Birmingham
Leeds Bradford	LBA	Uk	Pakistan International Airlines	flights from Leeds Bradford to Islamabad	Flights to Islamabad from Leeds Bradford
London Heathrow	LHR	Uk	Pakistan International Airlines	flights from London Heathrow to Islamabad	Flights to Islamabad from London Heathrow
Manchester	MAN	Uk	Pakistan International Airlines	flights from Manchester to Islamabad	Flights to Islamabad from Manchester

Flight Summary

Islamabad is one of the few cities in Pakistan to have competing flights from British Airways as well as from national carrier Pakistan International Airways. Recently announced flights from Glasgow to Islamabad complement existing regional flights from Manchester and Birmingham.

Destination Summary

Islamabad is the administrative capital of Pakistan. Situated in the northeast of the country, Islamabad has seen phenomenal growth during the last half-century from being a mere dot on a planner's notepaper in the late 1950's to a thriving metropolis.

Quick Facts

Airport Code: ISB
Alternative Name: Rawalpindi
Miles From London: 6040

Mark Says

The capital of Pakistan is actually one of the country's newest cities, having only been completed in 1961. After a slow start (the government didn't fully move in until the mid-1980s), Islamabad has had to expand to meet the needs of a growing population, its greener areas - such as the Shakar Parian and Margalla Hills at the city's flanks - coming under the threat of yet more concrete and construction projects. The city is divided into eight separate zones, each given a letter-number reference (A1, B4, E7 and so on up to the letter H). Negotiating Islamabad can sometimes seem like finding one's way around a giant multi-storey car park. One of Islamabad's most striking buildings is the huge modernist Shah Faisal Mosque, and just west of the city lies Taxila, a fabled centre of pilgrimage (it dates back to 500BC) that serves as a Buddhist and Sikh shrine. But Islamabad has also become a major education and business centre over the last few decades. The city is home to the youthful students of Quaid-e-Azam University, the towering opulence of the Saudi-Pak Tower, and the set-to-be-magnificent Centaurus complex, still under construction at the time of writing.