New Delhi:The Government of India's plan to restart the schedule of international flights this summer is unlikely as various countries have started banning international flights in the wake of rising COVID cases. The latest among these is Bangladesh that has announced a ban on all its international flights, to and from Bangladesh, from April 14 to April 20.
"Following the government guidance and instruction, with effect from 0001 BST on 14 April 2021 until 2359BST on 20 April 2021, all international passenger flights to/from Bangladesh shall remain suspended," read the circular of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB).
Bangladesh has made it very clear that only emergency and humanitarian flights are allowed in the country for the next seven days.
"Medevac, humanitarian/relief, cargo, technical landing (for refuelling only) and the flights cleared under special consideration shall remain out of the purview of this suspension. Standard disinfection, sanitisation and social distancing procedure, published by CAAB or other competent authority of the government, for the passenger, crew, equipment and aircraft (inflight or on the ground) shall strictly be maintained followed for such flights," the CAAB circular said.
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Many Indian carriers have stopped booking flights for Dhaka and suspended their operations, "Vistara is operating three flights in a week and operation has been suspended to/from Bangladesh (Dhaka) and no booking of flights for April 14 to April 20. Vistara's team is in contact with the passengers for refund or rescheduling the tickets," said a Vistara spokesperson.