Flight operations on the Rajshahi-Dhaka route via Saidpur are going to resume on Thursday after around six-year suspension of the operation.
To this end, necessary preparations including repairing and renovation of the two airports— Rajshahi and Saidpur — have been completed by the authorities concerned.
The Rajshahi Shah Mukhdum Airport was declared closed in 2005 on an excuse that it was incurring loss. But, since then no initiative was taken to resume the port despite repeated appeals from different corners during the last six years.
At present, a private organisation — Galaxy Flying Academy — has been using the airport as a pilot training centre since last year.
United Airways, a private airline, will start operations of its flights on the route to bring the people in Rajshahi and its adjoining areas and Rangpur region under air connectivity and facilitate trade and business, said the officials concerned.
In the preliminary stage, the airliner will operate a flight ones in a week (Thursday) but the number will increase if required response were received from the passengers, said Badruddoza Sagar, manager (PR and communication) of the airways.
The government agreed to resume operations of the airport considering local demands including the users of Sonamasjid Land port in Chapainawabganj.
Meanwhile, the Saidpur, the lone airport of the newly declared Rangpur division, with 6,800 feet runway was opened on July 5, 1979 and the flight operation continued till 2006. But it was declared closed on February 19, 2007 on an excuse of the same reason.
Source : New Age
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