BSS, Sylhet :Direct international air flights will begin from Sylhet Osmany International Airport from March with completion of a refueling station.About 70 per cent of the construction of refueling station has already been complete. The rest of the construction will end in next one month, hoped Assistant Project Director Shakil Masud Osmany Airport Manager Hafiz Uddin said international flights remained stopped despite having all facilities in the airport, as there was no refueling station.Frustration had developed among the people of Sylhet as direct international flights remained suspended from the airport for long. However, the refueling station is being constructed at the initiative of Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith.Shakil Mahmud said refueling of aircrafts is expected to begin in March as about 85 percent of required imported equipment reached the station. The rest 15 percent equipments have reached Chittagong seaport.As part of the election pledge of the finance minister to ensure all facilities of an international airport in Sylhet, the grand alliance government decided in June 2010 to construct the refueling station at Osmany Airport.The project was scheduled to end in June 2013. But was extended by one year as the work did not end in time.After the extension of duration, the project increased Taka 2 crore. The total project cost is now Taka 53.15 crore.
