Now you need not come to Dhaka to fly to London, thanks to Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The national flag carrier on Saturday launched first-ever direct flights between Sylhet and London.
The flights will operate every Saturday until March 26, and later four times a week — every Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
The opening flight BG-017 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, national flag carrier, left Osmani International Airport of Sylhet for London, with 223 passengers and over two tonne vegetable and fish, at 9:00am on Saturday.
The people of Sylhet had long been demanding a direct route to the UK, as a large number of locals have relocated to that country in the recent past.
Member of the parliamentary standing committee on civil aviation ministry Shafiqur Rahman greeted the passengers with flowers at the airport.
He termed the launch an ‘epoch-making’ step, which was realised due to sincere efforts of the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
‘The flight will help further strengthen the relationships between the people of Sylhet and the UK,’ Rahman hoped, adding the demand of Bangladeshi vegetables in the UK would also see an increase.
Airport manager Motahar Hossain said the standard of service offered to the passengers would gradually improve, and the travel time between Sylhet and the UK would come down substantially.
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