7 October 2023 Hazrat Shahjalal InternationalThe third terminal of the airport will be partially inaugurated (soft launching).
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s third terminal is one of the mega projects of the current government.
In 2015, the preliminary feasibility report and draft master plan for the construction of 39 third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and expansion of Keys were completed and presented to the Prime Minister’s Office. On 11 June 2017, the Civil Aviation Authority (CABA) appointed four firms as joint consultants for the 202 project. This release is initially estimated for the duration of the project from July 2016 to June 2022. But due to various reasons, the work started on schedule. did not Later in September 2019, Civil Aviation invited tenders for its construction.
. Fact File
- Ekneke Approval : 24 October 2017
Construction Inauguration: 28 December 2019.
- Area of terminal building : 2,30,000 square meters; Length 700 meters and width 200 meters.
- Departure Check-in Counters : 115 (including 15 self-service check-in counters).
- Arrival Baggage Belt : 16
♦ Arrival Counters : 59 (including 5 automatic check-in counters).
- Departure Immigration Counters: 66 (including 10 automatic passport control counters).
- Funding Agency : Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Government of Bangladesh.
. Architect: Rohani Baharin
Manufacturer: Aviation Dhaka Consortium (ADC) consisting of Japan’s Mitsubishi and Fujita and South Korea’s Samsung Construction & Trading Corporation.
The terminal was designed by architect Rohani Baharin of Singapore’s CPG Corporation Limited.
There will be connection system of underground tunnel and fly bridge, metro rail and Dhaka Elevated Expressway with the third terminal building. A separate metro rail station will be created for this. Through this, passengers coming to Bangladesh can go to their destination by metro rail without leaving the airport.
