BANGLADESH BIMAN & AIRPORTS

[Md. Limon Hossain]

Airports & Biman




Old Airport terminal bldg. at Tejgaon

Sikorsky 56 helicopter, service operated in Bangladesh in 1960

New airport construction site at Kurmitola during '70's

View of Airport rail station during '70's

Airport Railway Station in 2000

Dhaka - Airport road

Fountain and roundabout in front of Airport

Cargo section aerial view

Biman Boarding

Entry lounge


Waiting lounge

Immigration counter

Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Boeing 737-83N(WL)

Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Boeing 737-83N(WL)

Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Airbus A310-325(ET)


In 1941, the British government of India had built military airstrips at Tejgaon, north of Dhaka, during the World War II, for operating warplanes towards the war fields of Kohima (Assam) and Burmese war theatres. Another landing strip further north at Kurmitola (Balurghat) was also made. After partition in 1947, Tejgaon had the first civil airport in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. To cope with the increase in air traffic, a new airport was constructed on the Kurmitola airstrip near Uttora, 19 km north of Dhaka. The new airport started operation in 1981 and was named after Bangladesh's former President ZIA-ur Rahman. Since 1992, the airport terminal area saw rapid expansion in phases with addition of boarding bridges and equipments. A multi-storey car park with 500 cars was also built. With a total area of 1300 acres, Shah Jalal international Airport  is nation’s biggest. More than 16 international airlines use this airport. The airport handles half a million passengers and 98,000 million tons cargo annually. Aviation infrastructure is developed and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). It is the home base and hub of state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private company GMG Airlines Bangladesh. Shah Jalal International Airport’s terminal building is equipped with most modern facilities and has an impressive architecture.

[Jalal]

Nice posts. Here, we can know about our aiport and Bangladesh Biman. Keep it up.

[Md. Limon Hossain]

Thank you Mr. Jalal, I hope you always love to travel on our Biman.

[Antara11]

Nice pictures and important information.