All kinds of flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) will be closed for 8 hours every day from December 9 till March 10 next year due to heavy maintenance work.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) announced the closure in a directive sent to domestic and foreign airlines on Wednesday.
Confirmed the matter, Dhaka airport Executive Director Group Captain Touhid-ul Ahsan told Dhaka Tribune the airport will remain closed from 12am till 8am each day until the maintenance work is completed.
He added that the Dhaka airport runway will not be able for take-off and landing due to the construction work of the new connecting high-speed taxi way.
Aircraft have been asked to use the runway at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet if an emergency landing is required within the eight hours that the Dhaka airport is closed, according to the CAAB.
