Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Biman are at loggerheads over the confusion created over flight operations to and from India.

Foreign Minister and Biman Bangladesh Airlines are blaming each other over the delay in resuming flights with India inconveniencing several hundred passengers.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and the two local airlines are yet to get the requisite approval from India to resume flights to the neighbouring country from today, leaving hundreds of passengers who bought tickets in a state of suspense.

Although the foreign minister recently said flights with India will resume today, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla and Novoair said they are yet to get any direction from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) in this regard.

Novoair, a private airline of the country, has increased number of daily flights on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route due to growing number of travelers to the popular beach town.

Kuwait will resume commercial flights with Bangladesh and other countries, while adhering to the Covid-19 measures set by a ministerial committee, a cabinet statement said on Wednesday.

Biman Bangladesh has announced resumption of flights to India from Sunday.

Like other times, Anisur Rahman, a London-bound passenger, was planning to purchase tickets from Biman Bangladesh Airline’s website using his phone.

Biman Bangladesh has announced to resume flights to India from August 22, sources in the national airliner has said.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has imposed new restrictions on air travel from 11 countries.

Bangladesh has recently given a proposal to India regarding launching air bubble flights with the country.

The Philippines will extend a ban on travelers from Bangladesh and nine other countries till end of August because of concerns posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesperson said today.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ online ticket sales have been suspended for the last three days after its online sales partner Travelshop Ltd suspended the service, causing problems for passengers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Air communication with India is likely to resume from next week on a limited scale considering the urgency of people of both countries, sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh said.

Online ticketing services of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will temporarily remain closed as the service provider failed to operate properly, a media release said today.

The process of performing Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia resumed today for the Bangladeshi pilgrims who have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine.

Air communication with India is likely to resume from next week on a limited scale, considering the needs of people of both countries, sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said.

In view of the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Indian Visa Application Centers (IVAC) in Bangladesh will resume operations from tomorrow.

Two separate chartered flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed from Dhaka this afternoon -- carrying students and migrant workers stranded in the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic -- to Hong Kong and Amman, respectively.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) yesterday wrote a letter to Indian authorities concerned, proposing to resume flights with India on various conditions, including Covid-19 vaccination of air passengers.