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Flight to Cox’s Bazar resumes on Thursday
DHAKA, July 28, 2020 (BSS) – Domestic air-connectivity between the
capital and beach town Cox’s Bazar will be restored on Thursday after
more than four months of suspension due to containment of the COVID-19
pandemic.
The Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) has taken the
decision to resume the flight operation on Cox’s Bazar, the country’s
most popular tourist destination as the district civil surgeon office
arranged necessary arrangements to monitor the health hygiene and
social distancing at the airport, CAAB spokesperson told BSS.
With the flight reopening to Cox’s Bazar as the seventh domestic
route, the full internal air connectivity will be restored as the
government has already reopened other six destinations — Chattogram,
Sylhet, Saidpur, Jashore, Barishal and Rajshahi — in a row after the
domestic flight resumption.
On June 1, the government first resumed the air connectivity on
the three routes – Chattogram, Sylhet and Saidpur from and to the
capital after more than two-month closure amid the COVID-19 pandemic
while it reopened flight operation to Jashore, Barisal and Rajshahi on
June 11, July 12 and 21 respectively.
According to CAAB guideline, airlines are operating flight keeping
at least 30 percent seats vacant on each flight to ensure social
distancing by keeping at least gap of a seat between two passengers if
they are not from the same family.
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