Hundreds of passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka were suffering as a section of workers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has refrained from work since this morning demanding regularisation of their jobs.
The inbound and outbound passengers are suffering due to the interruption of ground handling operations following the work abstention programme of the casual workers of Biman, said Group Captain Abdullah Farooq, director of the airport.
Members of Ansar, Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) have been ordered to conduct the ground handling operation as the Biman workers observing work abstention, he also said.
Biman is responsible for ground handling operations at the airport, he added.
Yet, the loading and unloading operations are being hampered due to the workers’ demo, he added.
However, the regular schedule of the airport has not been hampered.
On an average, 200 domestic and international flights take off and land at the airport.
Biman Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director AM Mosaddique Ahmed told The Daily Star that he was on his way to the airport and also acknowledged that the passengers were facing sufferings.
The casual workers of the national flag carrier have been demonstrating for long demanding regularisation of their jobs.
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