Bangladesh and Japan will sit today (Monday) to advance negotiation further on operation and maintenance of the third terminal at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) as the Japanese consortium's proposal was found unrealistic by the Bangladesh side in the last meeting.
Sources said the meeting held between the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and the Japanese consortium on Friday could not reach an agreement due to offering only 22.5 per cent of the total revenue from the third terminal to the government.
The Japanese consortium shared the revised proposal based on four sources of earning from embarkation, cargo handling, ground handling and commercial space of the 3rd terminal on Friday.
"Japan is likely to place revised proposal on Monday as per the request from the Bangladesh side," said an official preferring not to be named.
The Japanese side in the first-round meeting proposed 18 per cent revenue share which was increased to 22.5 per cent in the second revision.
The Japanese consortium proposed sharing 22.5 per cent revenue from passenger flights and US$37 per tonne from cargoes.
It also wanted to introduce $13.5 embarkation fee per person in the international flights and $1000 from real-time control panel which is called whiteboard in the ground handling and $600 in small craft handling.
They, however, wanted to enjoy earning from entire commercial space, parking, landing and overfly charges of all international flights.
The government side, however, refrained from offering its proposal for negotiation on Friday though CAAB formulated its own proposal, it is learnt.
"We want to see what Japan proposes in the next revised proposal and then to discuss based on the CAAB proposal," said a senior official on condition of anonymity.
But he said they have good intention to finalise the negotiation today.
Officials also said the Japanese consortium demands 15 years of contract with sovereignty guarantee.
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