A Biman Bangladesh aircraft

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume regular passenger flights to India from October 29, Daily Star reported.

The airlines had suspended its operation to India in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The national carrier will operate flights on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route from October 29, Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka route from November 1 and Dhaka-Chennai-Dhaka route from November 15, the airlines said in a statement.

Biman has requested interested passengers to purchase tickets through Biman Sales Center, mobile app, website and travel agents.

Conditions, instructions and flight schedule regarding Covid-19 can be found on Biman’s website www.biman-airlines.com, the statement added.

Meanwhile, US-Bangla Airlines will resume its flight on Dhaka-Chennai-Dhaka, Chattogram-Chennai-Chattogram and Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka route from October 28.

Flights of US-Bangla Airlines will leave Dhaka for Kolkata at 9:45am six days a week except Monday and will land in Kolkata at 10:15am local time, the airlines said in a release.

From Kolkata, the US-Bangla Airlines’ flights will fly for Dhaka at 11:00am local time and land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 12:30pm.

In Chennai route, the flight of US-Bangla Airlines will leave Dhaka at 10.30am on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and land in Chennai at 12:40pm local time.

From Chennai, the flight will leave for Dhaka at 1:30 pm on the same day and will land in Dhaka at 4:40 pm.

Besides, US-Bangla Airlines will operate flights from Dhaka to Chennai via Chattagram and from Chennai to Dhaka via Chittagong on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.