News / Freighter operators demand better service at Dhaka in return for capacity

Cargo airlines are demanding better services and lower costs in Bangladesh, if exporters want more airfreight capacity.

Elevated air freight rates out of the country have caused a number of airlines to add ad hoc services to the country, including Qatar Airways, Silk Way West and Emirates, which began offering Dhaka freighter services about two weeks ago and are keen to increase capacity amid high demand.

However, in a meeting yesterday with the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA), the airlines said they could ...