Bdbusinessdaily.com – The Dhaka airport third terminal contract enters its final commercial stage as formal negotiations with a Japanese-led operating consortium open on 8 September. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat confirmed the schedule after inspecting the partially built facility at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport earlier that day. The move places Bangladesh’s largest aviation infrastructure project squarely in its closing commercial phase, with a phased partial opening targeted for mid-December.

For years the existing two terminals have run near saturation, producing chronic congestion, extended baggage waits, and constrained route growth. A fully operational third terminal would nearly quadruple daily throughput to between 200 and 250 flights, repositioning Dhaka among South Asia’s busiest gateways. The Dhaka airport third terminal contract is therefore not merely a procurement exercise; it is the single lever that determines whether the country’s aviation capacity keeps pace with a rapidly expanding domestic and international travel…