All agencies must complete preparations for scheduled Dec 16 launch of HSIA 3rd terminal: State minister

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Civil aviation and tourism minister today said all agencies must complete preparations within stipulated timeframe for the Third Terminal launch at Hazrat Shahjalal International…

Civil aviation and tourism minister today said all agencies must complete preparations within stipulated timeframe for the Third Terminal launch at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

"If everything is completed according to plan, the Third Terminal will be partially operational on December 16. Initially, its operations will begin with two arrival and two departure flights daily. Necessary activities will continue subsequently to make the terminal fully operational," M Rashiduzzaman Millat said at a preparatory meeting on the inauguration and operational launch of the airport's Third Terminal at the conference room of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today.

Chairman of Invest Bangladesh Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud, Dhaka-18 MP SM Jahangir Hossain, and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Civil Aviation and Tourism Gias Uddin were also present at the meeting, said Tarikul Islam, public relations officer at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, in a press release.

The meeting discussed various important issues related to the launch of the Third Terminal, including starting operations at the required immigration booths, installing baggage belts and necessary scanners, conducting trial operations and signing agreements.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Secretary Nurunnahar Chowdhury, National Board of Revenue Chairman Ahsan Habib, and representatives of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, CAAB and the Japanese consortium were also present at the meeting.

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