Bangladesh: Connectivity in Saidpur Airport and the nearest Nepalese airport in limbo

DHAKA, 14 August 2022, (TON): The connectivity between Saidpur Airport and the nearest Nepalese airport is in limbo due to funding problems, despite several requests from the landlocked Himalayan nation.

The Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh said that they were not expanding the existing runway of Saidpur Airport now due to a fund crunch following the pandemic as over Tk 5,000 crore would be required just for land acquisition and runway construction.

There is a real commitment to building a regional airport at Saidpur. We have taken our work to this end.

CAAB chairman Air Vice-Marshal Muhammad Mafidur Rahman said “unfortunately, it needs around Tk 5,000 crore just for the land requisition and expansion-related works and it is not getting priority in the post-Covid financial situation.”

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