Flights on International Routes Resume

Flight operations on international routes from Bangladesh resumed on Tuesday after more than two months of suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"International flights resumed today," Group Captain AHM Towhidul Ahsan, Director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, told media.

A flight from Qatar Airways left Dhaka at 2 a.m., adding that another flight from Doha arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3 a.m. 

Tahera Khandaker, Director General Manager (PR), Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said a Biman flight will depart Dhaka for London once a week (Sunday). A flight will leave Dhaka on June 21, he added.

Earlier on June 11, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Mafidur Rahman, said flight operations on international routes from Bangladesh will resume on June 16.

Flights on all routes will be resumed gradually, Rahman said, adding "We need permission from the countries concerned to start air connectivity."

On 1 June, the Civil Aviation Authority approved the operation of all domestic flights retaining social distinctions and implementing safety guidelines.

Domestic flights on the Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Syedpur routes have resumed on a limited scale.

However, the lack of passengers forced Biman Bangladesh Airlines to cancel some of its flights on three domestic routes.

Source: UNB