Zia International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Zia International Airport
nativename =
nativename-a = জিয়া আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর
nativename-r = Zia Antorjatik Bimanbôndor


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ICAO = VGZR
type = Public
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operator = Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
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location = Dhaka
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elevation-m = 9
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r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 10,500
r1-length-m = 3,200
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Zia International Airport airport codes|DAC|VGZR (Bengali: "Zia Antorjatik Bimanbôndor") is the largest airport in Bangladesh located in Kurmitola, Dhaka, with Dhaka Cantonment on one side and Uttara Residential Area on the other. It started operations in 1981, and was named after Bangladesh's former president, Ziaur Rahman. It is the home base and hub of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, GMG Airlines, Best Air and United Airways (Bangladesh).

It has an area of 1981 acres (8.0 km²). Nearly 52% of the country's international and domestic arrivals and departures occur through Zia Airport, while country's second largest international airport at Chittagong handles about 17 per cent of passengers. About 3.8 million international and 0.8 million domestic passengers and 105,000 tons of freight and mail pass through Zia International Airport annually.

Zia Airport has terminal buildings, hangars, technical areas, a freight village (warehouse), and other modern equipment for handling aircraft. It connects many major cities of the world with Bangladesh. From here, Biman Bangladesh flies to 24 cities on two continents.

Airlines and destinations

*AirAsia X (Kuala Lumpur) "chartered"
*Air India
**Air India Express (Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai)
*Air Arabia (Sharjah)
*Bahrain Air (Bahrain) (Starts October 2008)
*Best Air (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Colombo, Male) [ [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=22776384&postcount=707 SkyscraperCity - View Single Post - Airports and Aviation - part 2 ] ]
*Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Muscat, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Singapore, Sylhet)
*British Airways (London-Heathrow)
*China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Shanghai-Pudong)
*Dragonair (Hong Kong)
*Drukair (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Paro)
*Emirates (Dubai)
*Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
*GMG Airlines (Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Sylhet, Jessore, Barisal, Delhi, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai)
*Gulf Air (Bahrain)
*Jet Airways (Delhi, Kolkata)
*Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
*Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
*Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi)
*Qatar Airways (Doha)
*RAK Airways (Ras Al Khaimah) [ [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=16676352#post16676352 Bangladesh - Airports and Aviation - Page 28 - SkyscraperCity ] ]
*Royal Jordanian (Amman)
*Saudi Arabian Airlines (Damman, Jeddah, Madinah,Riyadh)
*Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
*Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
*United Airways (Bangladesh) (Barisal, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Jessore, Kolkata, Sylhet)
*Yemenia (Sana'a)

Future Planned Airlines

The following Airlines are showing interest and planning to launch flights to Dhaka in the near future: [ [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16759844&postcount=550 SkyscraperCity - View Single Post - Bangladesh - Airports and Aviation ] ]
*Bahrain Air (Bahrain)
*Air Blue (Karachi) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Blue#Plann]
*Kingfisher Airlines (Kolkata)
*Lion Air (Jakarta) [ [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16592207&postcount=538 SkyscraperCity - View Single Post - Bangladesh - Airports and Aviation ] ]
*Orient Thai Airways (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
*UK International Airlines (Islamabad, Manchester) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_International_Airlines#Planned]
*Oman Air (Muscat)
*Sri Lankan Airlines (Colombo, Kathmandu)
*Jetstar Asia Aiways (Singapore)
*Kang Pacific Airlines (Fujairah, Manila)

Cargo airlines

*Air France Cargo [http://www.af-klm.com/cargo/b2b/cargo_en/images/AF-KLM-CARGO_WINTER_2007_EN_tcm230-90801.pdf]
*Biman Cargo [ [http://www.bimanair.com/biman_cargo.asp Biman Cargo :: Biman's Official Website ] ]
*Bismillah Airlines [ [http://www.bismillahairlines.net/ Bismillah Airlines ] ]
*British Airways World Cargo [http://www.baworldcargo]
*Cathay Pacific Cargo
*Emirates SkyCargo [ [http://www.skycargo.com/ournetwork/routemap/routemap.asp Emirates SkyCargo » Our Network » Route Map ] ]
*Empost [ [http://www.empostuae.com/flightsschedule.html E M P O S T ] ]
*FedEx [ [http://www.fedex.com/bd/dropoff/?&lid=/Ship/Locations FedEx - Locations ] ]
*Qatar Airways Cargo [http://www.qrcargo.com/images/CARGO_route_map.jpg]
*Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo [ [http://www.saudiairlines.com/cargo/freighter1.jsp Saudi Arabian Airlines . . . A New World of Choices ] ]
*Singapore Airlines Cargo [ [http://www.siacargo.com/world_offices_waa.asp#Dhaka Welcome to SIA Cargo - Worldwide Offices (West Asia & Africa) ] ]
*TransGlobal Airways (Manila-Clark) "chartered"
*Yangtze River Express

Former airlines

*Aeroflot
*Air Slovakia
*BOAC
*Burma Airways
*Cosmic Air
*Interflug
*Iran Air
*Iraqi Airways
*KLM
*Korean Air Cargo
*Royal Nepal Airlines
*Sri Lankan Airlines
*Uzbekistan Airways

Accidents

* August 4, 1984 a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Chittagong crashed in the swamps near Zia airport. [cite news |title=49 Die in Bangladesh As Plane Plunges |work=Reuters |publisher=The New York Times |date=1984-08-04 |accessdate=2008-01-23 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E1DB1738F935A3575BC0A962948260&n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fBangladesh ] All 45 passengers and 4 crew of the Fokker F-27 died. The flight was piloted by Kaniz Fatema Roksana, the country's first female commercial pilot.

References

External links

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* [http://www.caab.gov.bd/adinfo/airports.html Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh: Airports]
* [http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByAirport.do?airportCode=DAC Zia Flight Information]
* [http://flightinfobd.com/index.html Flight Information Bangladesh - DAC]
* [http://www.ziaairport.com Live Flight Status]