Aviation sector to grow 3 times in 15 yrs: state minister

State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali yesterday said Bangladesh's growth in the aviation sector will be three times in the next 15 years.

He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a function at a hotel in the capital.

US-Bangla Airlines organised the programme on the occasion of sending the cadet pilots of US-Bangla Airlines to the US for training.

The state minister in his speech said due to the timely infrastructural development of the country's aviation industry, development of technical and human skills and the formulation of laws and policies, the country's aviation industry is growing rapidly.

He said Bangladesh's aviation market has almost doubled in the last 10 years.

The state minister said, in a bid to continue this considerable growth trend of the aviation sector and to contribute to the country's economy, we will need more and more trained and skilled manpower at every level of the aviation industry.