Biman starts flights to Saudi Arabia | 958686 | Voice of tomorrow



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Finally, the state flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines obtained landing permission to operate flights to Saudi Arabia. Starting October 1, flights to Saudi Arabia will be able to operate.

Also, Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Mokabbir Hossain said that Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate Dhaka-Jeddah on September 26 and Dhaka-Riyadh on September 26 for return ticket holders from Jeddah and Riyadh flights on March 16 and 17. Passengers with return tickets on March 16 and 17 must contact the Biman sales office on September 24 to book this flight with ticket, passport and approval of the prescribed applications / links in Saudi Arabia. He said the other passengers would also be notified for bookings in phases subject to new flight approvals. He urged the other passengers not to clutter the counter unnecessarily at this time.

Kavid’s Negative Certificate is required and must arrive in Saudi Arabia within 48 hours of collecting the sample; Therefore, all passengers must register the Kavid from Dhaka and travel from Dhaka, said Mokabbir Hossain.

The first flight went to Saudi Arabia with 252 passengers.

The first Saudi Arabian Airlines flight left Dhaka for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 252 expatriates. The flight left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 12:57 pm on Tuesday. The flight landed at King Khaled International Airport in the capital, Riyadh, at 3:20 p.m. local time on Tuesday.

The Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (BACA) suspended flights on all international and domestic routes on March 24 due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Subsequently, as of June 1, the airline allowed limited domestic and international flights. However, due to the ban imposed by the Saudi government, flights to Bangladesh were suspended in the country for so long. From the third week of September they began to fly on a limited basis.

Bebichak, President of Air Vice Marshal. Mofidur Rahman said they are ready to give the number of flights to Saudi Arabia for expatriates to return to Saudi Arabia. Apart from this, they are also looking into the possibility of Biman Bangladesh operating flights to Saudi Arabia. He also said that Saudi Arabia Airlines would be allowed to increase the number of flights.



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