BANGLADESH LOOKS FOR FOREIGN FIRMS TO UPGRADE AIRPORT GROUNDHANDLING SERVICES
January 7th, 2015
Bangladesh’s struggling national carrier Biman is looking for a foreign suitor to upgrade the groundhandling services it currently single-handedly offers at the country’s airports, but the move has been greeted with suspicion from civil aviation unions.Biman Bangladesh Airlines in December issued advertisements in newspapers seeking a consultant to ready tender documents for a joint venture in groundhandling operations at three international gateway airports within Bangladesh. These included Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), in Dhaka; Shah ...
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