Desk Report
Publish: 15 Jul 2021, 05:31 pm
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Three airlines in Bangladesh have resumed their domestic
flight service as the government relaxed its strict pandemic measures. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, or CAAB, is
allowing the airlines to resume flights on domestic routes from Jul 15 to Jul
23.
State carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines began operating
domestic flights on Thursday morning, said Tahera Khandaker, a spokeswoman for
Biman.
Flights left Dhaka for Syedpur, Chattogram and Jashore at
7.30 am and 8 am, she said.
Biman will operate three flights to Chattogram, three
flights to Syedpur and two flights to Cox's Bazar every day. There will be two
flights per day to Jashore and Sylhet as well and a single flight to Rajshahi
and Barishal each.
Two US-Bangla flights had left Dhaka for Chattogram,
Sylhet, Jashore and Syedpur each, as of 10:30 am on Thursday, said company
spokesman Md Kamrul Islam.
US-Bangla flights also left Dhaka for Cox's Bazar,
Barishal and Rajshahi this morning. Single flights from Chattogram, Sylhet,
Jashore, Syedpur, Cox's Bazar, Barisal and Rajshahi have also arrived in Dhaka.
US-Bangla will operate 32 domestic
flights per day, the spokesman said.
NovoAir was operating flights to
Chattogram, Syedpur, Jashore, Cox's Bazar, Rajshahi and Barishal as of 9:30 am
on Thursday, the company said.
The airline plans to have six flights
to Chattogram, Syedpur and Jashore per day, and two flights each to Cox's Bazar
and Sylhet. There will also be four flights to Barishal and three flights to
Rajshahi. All flights will also return to Dhaka carrying passengers.
Domestic flights will be barred again after Eid-ul-Azha,
starting at 6 am on Jul 23 and continuing until Aug 5.
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