Biman resuming flights to India from September 5

Dhaka: The national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has announced to resume flights to India under air bubble agreement from September 5.

Biman will resume flights on Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka route from September 5 and flights on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route will reinstate three days later.

The air bubble flights between Bangladesh and India will be effective till the resumption of scheduled international passenger flights.

Biman will operate two frequencies per week on Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka route on Tuesdays and Thursdays and another two frequencies per week on Sundays and Wednesdays on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route, said Tahera Khondoker, Deputy General Manager (Public Relations), Biman.

On September 2, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh announced in a circular that they have accepted Indian civil aviation ministry’s proposal to resume air bubble flights between Bangladesh and India from September 4.

Although CAAB has accepted India’s proposal of seven frequencies, it has further proposed India to consider an allocation of 10 frequencies.

Irrespective of the Covid-19 vaccination, any passenger travelling from India will have to complete a 14-day strict home quarantine.

All other related provisions, including the requirement of mandatory RT-PCR test, would apply to such passengers.

However, the carriage of passengers can be restricted to 90 per cent of the total seating capacity of the aircraft used, CAAB said.

Passengers besides tourists can travel between the countries.

On August 29, the Indian government extended its suspension on international scheduled commercial passenger flights to and from India till September 30.