DHAKA, March 12, 2020 (BSS) – Biman Bangladesh Airlines and
three other local carriers have decided to suspend their flights
to India following New Delhi’s latest decision to ban all tourist
visas for all country for one month.
India today decided to impose a ban on entry of tourists to
its territory from tomorrow afternoon to April 15, 2020 to contain
the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.
To this end, Biman, the national flag carrier canceled all
its flights to Delhi and Kolkata in India from March 14 to April
15.
Civil aviation and tourism secretary M Mohibul Haque said
Biman will operate a special ferry flight to India if required to
bring back Bangladeshi tourists, who are now visiting India.
US-Bangla Airlines also canceled all its flights to Chennai
and Kolkata while NOVOAIR and Regent Airways did the same to their
lone Indian destination of Kolkata.
However, US-Bangla Airlines and Regent Airways have decided to
operate ferry flight to Chennai and Kolkata till March 15.
“We will sent our one empty aircraft to Kolkata on March 14,
15 and 16 and on March 15 to Chennai as a ferry flight to evacuate
stranded Bangladeshi passengers from India”, US-Bangla Airlines
General Manager Public Relations Kamrul Islam told BSS.
Regent Airways Sales and Marketing Head Suhel Ahmed informed
that their airlines will operate two ferry flights to Kolkata on
March 13 and 14 to bring back the Bangladeshi nationals.