Biman to run additional flights to Dubai Wednesday
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will run two additional flights on the Dhaka-Dubai route on May 12 before the UAE’s ban for travellers from Bangladesh comes into effect.
The national flag carrier made the move as the UAE’s restrictions for entry of travellers from Bangladesh will come into effect Wednesday, Biman Deputy General Manager (public relations) Tahera Khandaker said Monday, reports UNB.
“The UAE will bar entry for travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka to guard against the spread of Covid-19 infections,” the country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority said Monday.
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Published: 20 Apr 2021 02:37 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Apr 2021 02:37 PM BdST
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A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8.13 am on Tuesday, carrying 106 workers, said Tahera Khandaker, spokeswoman for the state-owned carrier.
Two more special flights will leave for Dammam and Jeddah carrying migrant workers, with another cargo flight leaving Dhaka for Hong Kong on Tuesday evening.
With a surge in coronavirus cases across the country, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh banned all international flights until Apr 28.
The flights carrying the migrant workers to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Qatar and Oman, however, will be operating as usual.
Airlines get landing permission; 476 fly for KSA, Oman
Middle-East bound special flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines faced disruption in flight schedules on Saturday failing to get landing permission in Dammam and Riyadh.
But, flight operations became normal on Sunday after Saudi Arabia gave landing permission in the two destinations.
Some 476 expatriate workers flew for Saudi Arabia and Oman today. Of them, 271 left by Biman and 205 by Air Arabia.
A source said a Riyadh-bound special flight took off from Shahjalal International Airport at 10:30am while two more for Muscat and Dubai.
Over 1,500 passengers are scheduled to leave for different countries by nine more flights till 12 midnight, the source said.
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Published: 18 Apr 2021 03:47 PM BdST
Updated: 18 Apr 2021 03:47 PM BdST
Three special flights carrying migrant workers stuck in the lockdown have left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for their respective destinations. );
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“Twelve special flights from different airlines will depart throughout the day,” Airport Director Touheed Ul Ahsan said. It was the second scheduled day for the flights.
“Three flights, one each from Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Oman Air and Emirates, have departed this morning.”
Biman Bangladesh Airlines spokesperson Tahera Khandaker said four flights of the state-owned airline would head out from Dhaka on Sunday to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Dubai.
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Published: 17 Apr 2021 04:04 PM BdST
Updated: 17 Apr 2021 04:04 PM BdST
Seven of Saturday’s 14 special flights for migrant workers stuck in Bangladesh amid the halt in air travel due to the lockdown have now been cancelled. );
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Of the seven, Biman Bangladesh Airlines cancelled five Saudi Arabia bound flights, while Fly Dubai cancelled two, citing various reasons, said AHM Towhid Ul Ahsan, director of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Only SalamAir operated a flight to Muscat since this morning. Our national carrier is expected to operate another flight to Jeddah in the afternoon.
Biman cancelled a Riyadh-bound flight over the delay to get landing permission from Saudi authorities. Two Dubai-bound flights and a Dammam-bound flight were cancelled due to a shortage of passengers, said the airline s spokesperson Tahera Khandaker.