Open sky policy for country's three int'l airports from Oct
Thursday, 20 September 2007
The council of advisers of the caretaker government (CG) Wednesday decided to open the sky in the country's three international airports for three months for quick journey of foreign-bound passengers, particularly Bangladeshi expatriates, amid a heavy rush, reports UNB.
The open-sky policy would be effective from next October for Zia International Airport, Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.
A meeting of the council of advisers, presided over by Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed, gave approval to a proposal on open-sky system placed by the Civil Aviation Ministry.
The meeting observed that open sky would help overcome the flight crisis for outgoing passengers, in particular, Bangladeshi expatriates and overseas workforce.
Hajj flight will be excluded from the open-sky aviation system that would open the airports to select foreign airlines.
Under the new system, the designated airlines could operate flights under open sky, flights would be operated on the basis of available point of call and Bangladeshi Airlines could operate same number of flights as the foreign ones.
The meeting discussed a draft of National Constitutional Council Ordinance 2007 which proposes to constitute a committee for recommendation for selecting eligible persons for appointment to various constitutional posts.
Agreeing on the necessity of such a committee, the meeting asked the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry to further examine the draft Ordinance and place it in the council meeting again.
A presentation was made by LGRD Ministry at the meeting on construction of Jatrabari-Gulistan Fly-over on BOT basis with private-sector investment.
The meeting asked for studying the legal aspects of the fly-over project, conceived long back.
Members of the Council of Advisers attended the meeting at the CA's Office. Cabinet Secretary, CA's Press Secretary and other concerned Secretaries were also present.
The open-sky policy would be effective from next October for Zia International Airport, Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.
A meeting of the council of advisers, presided over by Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed, gave approval to a proposal on open-sky system placed by the Civil Aviation Ministry.
The meeting observed that open sky would help overcome the flight crisis for outgoing passengers, in particular, Bangladeshi expatriates and overseas workforce.
Hajj flight will be excluded from the open-sky aviation system that would open the airports to select foreign airlines.
Under the new system, the designated airlines could operate flights under open sky, flights would be operated on the basis of available point of call and Bangladeshi Airlines could operate same number of flights as the foreign ones.
The meeting discussed a draft of National Constitutional Council Ordinance 2007 which proposes to constitute a committee for recommendation for selecting eligible persons for appointment to various constitutional posts.
Agreeing on the necessity of such a committee, the meeting asked the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry to further examine the draft Ordinance and place it in the council meeting again.
A presentation was made by LGRD Ministry at the meeting on construction of Jatrabari-Gulistan Fly-over on BOT basis with private-sector investment.
The meeting asked for studying the legal aspects of the fly-over project, conceived long back.
Members of the Council of Advisers attended the meeting at the CA's Office. Cabinet Secretary, CA's Press Secretary and other concerned Secretaries were also present.