Roadmap needed to make Bangladesh an aviation hub: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh should formulate a roadmap considering its geo-strategic advantage to make the country an aviation hub.

"Reaping on the dividend of our geo-strategic advantage, we should create a roadmap as to how we can make our country as an Aviation Hub," she said in a video statement aired in the inaugural session of the first edition of Aviation Summit in Dhaka.

The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, in collaboration with the UK and France, organised the "Bangladesh Aviation Summit-2023" at a hotel in capital Dhaka.

The prime minister described the summit as very significant for Bangladesh as it has aspiration to become an aviation hub in the region.

She said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman undertook measures to turn the country into an 'Aviation Hub' to connect the East and the West capitalizing the advantage of Bangladesh's geographical location, just after achieving the membership of ICAO in 1973.

The premier said the move was halted immediately after the assassination of the Father of the Nation in 1975.

"We have undertaken several measures to support the development of an aviation hub. During the last one decade, we implemented a host of projects to upgrade our airports, airport security and ground handling," she said.

Source: BSS