Biman to Bring Back Bangladeshis from Delhi on Friday

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special charter flight from New Delhi to carry back stranded Bangladeshi people on Friday, while US-Bangla Airlines will start flights from Chennai for the same purpose from Monday.

"According to the government's order, Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special flight from Delhi to carry back Bangladeshi nationals," said Biman's Managing Director and CEO Md Mokabbir Hossain to the media today.

He said that Biman's aircraft will carry back 162 Bangladeshi nationals – 150 in economy class and 12 in business – to this unique flight at the passenger's own cost.

The Chief of the National Flag Carrier confirmed that Bangladeshi nationals that purchase tickets from the Biman Mobile App or the website from Today noon to 2:00 p.m. on April 23.

Earlier yesterday, the Government, in collaboration with the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, took back the first group of Bangladeshis who had been stranded in India owing to the suspension of flights in the middle of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The charter flight, operated by Boeing 737-800 ER aircraft of the US-Bangla Airlines, brought back 164 Bangladeshi nationals from Chennai.

The second such chartered flight of the US-Bangla airlines is scheduled to bring back 164 more Bangladeshi citizens from Chennai this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Monday in a statement said more similar special flights will be operated from Chennai in the next few days to bring back Bangladesh nationals who got stuck in India due to flight suspension.

The Bangladeshi High Commission is working relentlessly to bring back all the stranded Bangladeshis from all states of India, said the statement.

A good number of Bangladesh nationals have already returned home from Kolkata, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and other border areas with the support of Bangladesh missions there, it said.

On April 3, the foreign ministry issued a statement, saying that nearly 2,500 Bangladeshi citizens, including 1,000 students, were stranded in India due to the COVID-19 outbreak.