Airbus keen to build long-term ties with BD

European commercial aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus is interested in building a strong and long-term collaboration with Bangladesh to contribute to the sustainability and advancement of the country's aviation sector.

This proposal came up while visiting Airbus Executive Vice President (International) Wouter van Wersch held a meeting with the civil aviation and tourism minister Muhammad Faruk Khan at the Secretariat in Dhaka, reports BSS.

The Airbus Vice president was accompanied by French Ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke.

"Airbus is keen to provide different types of technical assistance as well as offering training to the workforce working in Bangladesh's aviation sector. That's why we are working to build up a strategic partnership with Bangladesh's Aviation University", Wouter said.

He said his company would like to be a partner in making Bangladesh as an aviation hub.

Currently, a negotiation is going on between the state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Airbus as Bangladesh government to purchase new aircraft for the national flag carrier.