Country’s airliners are set to operate flights on international routes as the authorities concerned relaxed restrictions.
The Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to resume international commercial flights from May 1 on special conditions, except for those currently considered as high-risk countries.
In a statement issued on April 30, CAAB informed this to media.
The national flag carrier will start flight operation to the United Kingdom from 9 May. Two flights in a week will be operated on the route. Besides, other scheduled flights will also be operated as per previous schedule.
Tahera Khandaker, deputy general manager (public relations) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines told Bangladesh Post, “We will operate flights on our existing international routes following the health safety rules. However, if any foreign countries impose travel restriction we will not go there.”
US-Bangla Airlines is going to start operating flights on Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route from Tuesday (May 4) two days a week during the pandemic.
Due to various state conditions in the current Covid-19, US-Bangla flights will depart Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Kuala Lumpur every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 pm and land in Kuala Lumpur at 2 pm local time. The flight will leave Kuala Lumpur for Dhaka at 3pm on Wednesday and Friday and land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5am.
The Airlines is currently operating flights from Dhaka to Dubai, Doha, Singapore and Guangzhou as per government directives. Besides, flights from Dhaka to Muscat, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangkok have been suspended due to the temporary ban.
At present, considering the rate of Covid-19 infection, it has been decided to launch international flights on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority by imposing special conditions on travel to 36 countries.
The notification also suspended air bubble flights and temporarily cut off communication with high-risk countries and made a 14-day ‘institutional quarantine’ mandatory for passengers arriving from high-risk countries.
The notification further said that passengers coming from unlisted countries have been asked to strictly observe ‘Home Quarantine’ for 14 days subject to bringing PCR negative certificate.
As an exception, three Middle Eastern countries (Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait) will follow the current three-day institutional quarantine management despite being on the list of risky countries. The next 11 days will be considered for home quarantine or isolation based on the results of the health examination.
Through this management, the stranded migrant passengers are getting the opportunity to go to their respective destinations or workplaces.
