Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in October next year, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Mafidur Rahman has said.
The construction work of the terminal is 51% complete, the CAAB chief told aviation and tourism journalists in a meeting on Sunday.
“The work of the project is progressing at an unprecedented rate, which will only increase in the next one year. Necessary equipment will be installed at the end of infrastructure work.”
According to project sources, the terminal is being constructed on 542,000 square metres of land and will have a floor space of 230,000 square metres, 115 check-in counters, 64 departure and 64 arrival immigration desks.
Besides, the parking space will accommodate 1,230 vehicles at a time and there will be a 542,000-square-metre apron for 37 aircrafts. Also, there will be 26 baggage scanning machines, 11 body scanners, 12 boarding bridges and 16 luggage belts.
The terminal building will be 230,000 square metres.
The project is being implemented at a cost of Tk21,300 crore.
