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Shah Amanat International Airport can be easily accessed by car or taxi thorough the city's Agrabad and GEC area. It has three parking zones: one civil and two VIP. The civil one is in front of the terminal; it has a capacity of 400 cars. [6] This zone is usually loaded with public transport, mostly auto-rickshaws and micro-buses.
It is located in Kurmitola, 17 km (11 mi) from the city centre, in the northern part of Dhaka. The airport is also used as a base for the Bangladesh Air Force, named BAF Base Bangabandhu. The airport has an area of 802 hectares (1,981 acres). The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) operates and maintains the airport.
First Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman in Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong en route to Doha. In February 2017, it was announced that the airline would acquire three of their own Dash 8-Q400 which will be used to replace the current aircraft leased from Smart Aviation Company to continue operating domestic and regional flights. [223]
Bangladesh has five domestic airports, three international airports (which are also used for domestic flights) and four STOL (short take-off and landing) ports, with one new domestic airport under construction. [1][2] It also has several airstrips, some built during World War II.
An Antonov An 124 parked in Shah Amanat International Airport. The Shah Amanat International Airport (IATA: CGP, ICAO: VGEG), located at South Patenga, serves as Chittagong's only airport. It is the second busiest airport in Bangladesh. The airport is capable of annually handling 1.5 million passengers and 6,000 tonnes of cargo. [176]
The airport was set up in 1937, while international operations began on 26 January 1991. It was categorised as an International airport on 23 May 2000. [6] In March 2004, Air India commenced service to London's Heathrow Airport on a Boeing 747. The flight catered to the large Gujarati community in the United Kingdom.
Singapore Airlines. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2020-09-23. SIA suspends services to Kathmandu, Lahore and Karachi indefinitely. ... operations to Durban were terminated in January 2003 ... Operations to six destinations – Brussels, Chicago, Las Vegas, Hiroshima, Kaohsiung and Mauritius – were terminated.
Airport Layout. Kuala Lumpur International Airport has three parallel runways (14L/32R; 14R/32L; 15/33 [16]). The current three runway system is capable of handling 78 landings per hour and was expected to increase to 108 landings per hour once upgrading of the Kuala Lumpur Flight Information Region had been completed in 2019. [17]