According to the forum members, 28 GSA companies are currently active in Bangladesh
This is the second Pakistani airlines after Fly Jinnah to be greenlit for flights between the countries
Passengers are experiencing severe difficulties due to frequent flight diversions caused by low visibility amid dense fog during winter, as pilots are unable to land aircrafts in the absence of a Category 2 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Dhaka airport.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced flights on five international routes due to financial losses and a decline in passengers.
For passengers with past experience of the Dhaka airport, the prospect of flying into Bangladesh’s capital has not been a pleasant one, chiefly because of the seemingly interminable delays in getting their checked-in baggage.
The civil aviation ministry has found several Biman officials, including high-ups, fully responsible for the syndicate that artificially hiked the prices of flight tickets to Malaysia in May this year.
Uncertainty looms over the fate of hundreds of Saudi-bound Bangladeshi migrant workers as Saudia airlines cancelled multiple flights following the countrywide internet shutdown since Thursday night.
Aggrieved over their reduced pay and perks, Biman Bangladesh Airlines today gave a four-day ultimatum to the authorities to resume their pre-Covid 19 period salaries and pay them the same amount as other officials of the national flag carrier.
No quarantine will be needed for vaccinated travellers coming from anywhere across the globe, except from 13 countries, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said its updated guideline issued in a circular yesterday.
Following a prolonged rough ride, driven by the pandemic, the country’s aviation sector is finally turning around as flight operations and the number of passengers flying from the Dhaka airport have almost tripled in three months.
Two former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Air Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed and Mosaddique Ahmed, were asked by a parliamentary body yesterday to submit written statements over their involvement in taking lease of two Boeing 777 aircrafts, which resulted in huge losses for Biman.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ former chairman Air Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed and former MD Mosaddique Ahmed were asked today to submit written statements in 10 days by a parliamentary body, over the lease of two Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt, that led to a huge monetary loss for the airliner.
South Korean Embassy in Dhaka will resume accepting visa applications from October 24, due to the improved Covid-19 situation and the low number of Covid-19 cases among the Bangladeshi arrivals in the country.
Travel agent Musa Mia Sagar bought 100 Dhaka-Dubai air tickets for Tk 40.14 lakh from airline ticketing company 24tkt.com at a discount between March 3 and April 24.
The number of weekly flights between Bangladesh and India under the air bubble arrangement will be increased from seven to 21 starting next week.
The number of weekly flights between Bangladesh and India under the air bubble arrangement will be increased from seven to 21 starting next week.
India’s recent announcement of visas for individual foreign tourists, from October 15, would not be applicable to those who want to travel using the land routes, Home Ministry sources said today.
