‘Ground handling at Dhaka airport will be given thru open tender’

Ground handling at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will be given to capable organisations through an open tender call after the construction of Terminal-3, Senior Secretary of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Md Mohibul Haq said today.

Meanwhile, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali said that the airport will be deemed the best in the region after the completion of Terminal-3.

The state minister made the comments after visiting the prep work for the inauguration ceremony of the Terminal-3 at the airport this afternoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the construction work on Saturday.

It will be possible to cater to at least 20 million passengers annually, according to the senior secretary Mohibul.