Foreign Secretary Masood Bin Momen said that flights with India are not being started under the Air Bubble Agreement.
He said that a decision on the matter could be taken next week.
He made the statement to the media on Sunday night.
He said, “Flights with India are not beginning right now. The Indian Ministry of Health is examining the proposal made by Bangladesh. We hope a decision will be made next week.”
Earlier, Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen said that under the Air Bubble agreement, limited flights will run between India and Bangladesh from Friday (August 20). He made these comments last week Tuesday (17th August).
If not from August 20, the two sides discussed the possibility of starting the flights from August 22. In the end the flights were not being made active.
Last week (16th August) CAAB stated in a circular that air communication with India had been allowed.
In addition, the company has imposed various restrictions on travel to Bangladesh for passengers from 27 countries in the circular.
In the circular, CAAB has given separate instructions for 11 countries including Argentina, Botswana, Cuba, Cyprus, Swaziland, Georgia, Iran, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia and Spain.
According to foreign ministry officials, initially, there could be as many as four flights a week. People who have only urgent needs including medical treatment will get the opportunity to move. In this case, the same rules, as followed by the land travels, have to be followed in flights as well.
Bangladesh is making limited range flights active under the 'Air Bubble' agreement with India.
A letter was sent to Delhi after the inter-ministerial meeting on August 4 to run limited flights under the Air Bubble Agreement. In the letter, Dhaka had proposed to start flights from August 11.
