(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Bangladesh: Bangladesh is good to go to continue trips to India from October 28 under the ‘air bubble’ course of action, after almost eight months the correspondences were suspended due to the Covid pandemic, as per media investigates Saturday.
Under a respective air bubble agreement, aircraft of both nations can work worldwide trips with specific limitations.
Since July, India has set up such air pockets with a few nations, including the US, the UK, France, and Germany.
Three Bangladeshi transporters – Biman Bangladeshi Airlines, US-Bangla Airlines, and Novo Air – would at first work 28 flights per week, while five Indian carriers – Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara and GoAir – would work 28 flights per week between the two nations, The Daily Star detailed, citing common aeronautics and the travel industry service Senior Secretary Md Mohibul Haque.
Of the three Bangladeshi transporters, Biman is booked to work trips on Dhaka-Delhi and Dhaka-Kolkata courses, US-Bangla Airlines on Dhaka-Chennai and Novo Air on Dhaka-Kolkata course, the report said.
The five Indian aircrafts are relied upon to work trips on Dhaka-Delhi, Dhaka-Kolkata, Dhaka-Chennai and Dhaka-Mumbai courses.
The choice to continue trips to India was made at a between pastoral gathering at the common avionics and the travel industry service on Friday, the report said.
The resumption of air interchanges will carry alleviation to numerous Bangladeshis who are standing by to go to the neighboring nation for treatment, it said.
As indicated by a report in The Dhaka Tribune, from January 2018 to March 2019, at any rate, 2,876,000 Bangladeshis visited India, and on normal 10% of them went for clinical treatment.
At first, around 5,000 travelers from both the nations would have the option to fly every week, the report cited the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman as saying.
There is no travel office for the travelers to travel to a third nation, he stated, including that the travelers would need to go through COVID-19 testing before flying.
On October 9, the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh reported the resumption of online visa application administrations for Bangladeshi residents.
Until further notice, visas will be given in nine classes, including clinical, business, work, writers, and representatives.