Scheduled flights of Biman to London likely to resume today
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
FE Report
Scheduled flights of Biman to London is expected to resume from today (Wednesday) after repeated flight cancellations of its three direct flights due to the volcanic ash-linked factors in the Europe, Biman source told the FE.
The flight control department of the national flag carrier has suspended three scheduled flights from April 17 until 20 and has plans to resume operation from April 21 with Airbus-310 aircraft, subject to clearance from European aviation agency Eurocontrol, Biman official said.
"If we get the clearance, the prescheduled flight BG 015 would depart Dhaka at 5.45 am to London with a stop at Dubai," the official said.
Beside Biman, all London-bound flights of other airlines from the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport also remained cancelled for the same reasons, airport sources said.
On the other hand, Biman's other European destination Rome was also affected by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. After a delay of 24 hours, Biman's scheduled Dhaka-Rome via Dubai flight took-off on April 19 morning and returned Tuesday evening operating its DC-10-30 aircraft.
"We will follow Emirates and take a different route to reach the Italian capital," the officer said.
Around 1200 passengers of the three London bound flights and one Rome bound flights were informed earlier and was advised to stay home, Biman office source said. They would be accommodated accordingly in the subsequent flights, he added.
Scheduled flights of Biman to London is expected to resume from today (Wednesday) after repeated flight cancellations of its three direct flights due to the volcanic ash-linked factors in the Europe, Biman source told the FE.
The flight control department of the national flag carrier has suspended three scheduled flights from April 17 until 20 and has plans to resume operation from April 21 with Airbus-310 aircraft, subject to clearance from European aviation agency Eurocontrol, Biman official said.
"If we get the clearance, the prescheduled flight BG 015 would depart Dhaka at 5.45 am to London with a stop at Dubai," the official said.
Beside Biman, all London-bound flights of other airlines from the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport also remained cancelled for the same reasons, airport sources said.
On the other hand, Biman's other European destination Rome was also affected by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. After a delay of 24 hours, Biman's scheduled Dhaka-Rome via Dubai flight took-off on April 19 morning and returned Tuesday evening operating its DC-10-30 aircraft.
"We will follow Emirates and take a different route to reach the Italian capital," the officer said.
Around 1200 passengers of the three London bound flights and one Rome bound flights were informed earlier and was advised to stay home, Biman office source said. They would be accommodated accordingly in the subsequent flights, he added.