GD Assist will fly back expatriate Bangladeshis and immigrant visa holders to New York and Paris on July 4 next by arranging special flight for the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) who are currently staying in the country.
With support and approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), GD Assist is arranging operate special flight from Dhaka to New York and Paris for the expatriate Bangladeshis, reports UNB.
Many NRBs remain stranded in Bangladesh due to the suspension of air travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, said a release from GD Assist, a venture of Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd.
GD Assist, as the country's large healthcare management agency working in medical tourism for Bangladeshis, has been actively trying to facilitate return of these NRBs.
Earlier this month, GD Assist arranged a special flight from Dhaka to Chicago to facilitate return of US immigrants, green card holders and immigrant visa holders, who were in dire need to enter USA urgently.
As continuation of the initiative of facilitating return of NRBs to their regular lives abroad, GD Assist is going to operate another special flight from Dhaka to Paris and New York for expatriate Bangladeshis, subject to approval of the concerned authorities.
The flight to Paris and New York will depart from Dhaka on July 4, for which the passenger registration process has already started. GD Assist has published a special notice in their social media pages and website urging interested NRBs to email copies of their passport and visa for registration.
For any inquiry, people interested to book a seat may email to: evac@green-delta.com, or may also write to GD Assist's Facebook Messenger: m.me/greendeltaassist/
Since April, the GD Assist successfully carried out a few evacuations of around 250 Bangladeshis from Thailand, Malaysia and India, who were stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 lockdown situation.