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Flight operations have been disrupted following a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Restrictions imposed on the airport’s operations have also affected flights from Dhaka to Saudi Arabia. So far, a total of 107 direct and transit flights have been suspended, affecting at least 16,620 passengers. The number could rise further. Kawsar Mahmud, assistant director of the Public Relations Department of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bang...

Due to limited operations of various airports in Saudi Arabia, 62 flights of Bangladesh have been suspended. Among them, 23 are direct flights and 39 are transit flights. At least 9,674 passengers have been affected by such flight cancellations. Kawsar Mahmud, public relations officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), provided this information to Agamir Somoy effective until 1:30 pm today, Tuesday.Among the suspended direct flights, there are 9 flights of Biman Bangladesh Air...

An airport needs to have at least 65 points out of 100 to operate under the international aviation system. Bangladesh has a score of 68. The score was last calculated in 2018. That means Bangladesh’s rating was only three points above the minimum score. A seven-member team is coming to Bangladesh from Montreal, Canada to assess the country’s current level. Bangladesh lags behind Nepal, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka among South Asian countries in aviation security. Against this backdrop, a...

The announcement of launching passenger flights on the Chattogram-Kunming route to China came during the interim government of Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Prior to Yunus's visit to China, the Chief Adviser's Facebook page announced that China Eastern Airlines would operate direct flights from Chatto...