Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Were you already in Karachi, or did you just fly in to start the itinerary? I wanted to do that, but one of my close friends is from Pakistan and he said that he wouldn't feel comfortable about my safety at the airport even if it was just from arrivals to departures unless he was there to escort me personally. How was your experience?
I have been in the airport twice. Never to the city!
First time I flew in on a separate ticket (EBB-xDOH-KHI) to start a DONE4 (first flight KHI-CMB)
So just a few hours in transit, which the airport totally is not set up for. I had to wait just prior to immigration, until the Sri Lanka Airlines station manager turned up. He then took care of me. I only had carry-on baggage so no problem there.
I returned to KHI at the end of the DONE4, and started a DGLOB34 (first flights KHI-xDOH-NBO).
So again, just in transit for a few hours, this time with a checked bag.
The Qatar Airways station manager took me through immigration, issued my boarding passes (I already had passes issued by Sri Lankan, but he insisted he give me new ones) and he escorted me back through emigration. He then went to track down my checked bag. I was seated in the plane when he came onboard to give me my new baggage check! As I said, the airport doesn't handle transit passengers at all well.
I didn't return to KHI at the end of the DGLOB34 (I 'forgot' to take the CMB-KHI flight) and took a separate CMB-BKK flight instead
However, I felt perfectly safe in the airport itself.