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The development work to modernise the Chatto-gram Shah Amanat Inter-national Airport having several fresh facilities will be completed within December.
Officials of Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport said the work of extension of runways, construction of cargo houses, parallel taxi ways and high-speed taxi ways and expansion of tarmac, etc. is going on in full swing to modernise the airport.
It was known that after the extension of the runways, the full-loaded Boeing 777 flights will be able to fly from the airport. Moreover, the PCN (power of runway) will be 91 from the prevailing PCN 66. After the construction of the new tarmac, 12 planes will be able to stay at the international airport while presently 10 flights can stay there.
Under the project to modernise the airport, the body scanners have already been set up at the airport while the boarding bridge, connecting corridors, departure lounge, and others will be set up within the last month of the year.
Director of the Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport Group Captain Taslim Ahmed said, "New opportunity has been created to park more flights at the Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport now. I hope the work to modernise the airport will be completed in December."
Meanwhile, the newly-elected President of FBCCI Mahbubul Alam sent letters to the ministry concerned and requested them to modernise the airport during his tenure as Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president.
Mahbubul Alam said, "The people of Chattogram have been waiting to get the airport modernised. Locals were demanding to get more international flights from Chattogram."
A total of six international and two Bangladeshi airlines are operating their flights at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport now. A total of 12 international flights and 17 domestic flights land at the airport every day.
The airport is operated and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. It is the second-largest international airport in the country. The airport is capable of handling 1.5 million passengers and 6,000 MT of cargo annually.