Rajshahi-Dhaka air service starts this month
Air service on Rajshahi-Dhaka route will start again on a limited scale this month.
Galaxy Flying Academy, a private flying training school, signed a contract with the aviation authorities for the service.
Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton informed the media about this at a news briefing yesterday.
Alongside its regular training schedules, the academy will provide air services to passengers on the route.
The academy constructed a hangar at Shah Makhdum Airport of Rajshahi and bought five Cessna airplanes for the training-come-passenger services. Each plane will travel carrying at least two passengers during the day within an hour of reservations.
The academy authorities also rented an office at the airport in exchange for Tk 7 lakh for three years, said sources concerned.
One will have to spend around Tk 30 to 35 lakh for training while the rate for passenger service will be fixed taking into account the ability of middleclass travellers.
The mayor told The Daily Star that the academy would bring a bigger aircraft to start regular passenger service on the route.
An aviation college and an airplane repairing workshop will be set up in Rajshahi within the next year creating job opportunities for 250 to 300 people, the mayor added.
Earlier, the mayor held a meeting yesterday at his Rajshahi Nagar Bhaban office with academy Managing Director M Masudur Rahman, Director Asgar Hossain and airport Manager M Serajul Islam.
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