Tata Group airline Air India and majority-owned airline Vistara have announced the resumption of flight services to Dhaka. Air India will operate an evening scheduled flight on August 6. Vistara will then resume scheduled services to the Bangladesh capital from August 7, PTI reported. The neighbouring country has been plunged into uncertainty and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to step down and flee after street protests over job quotas.
Flight AI237/238 will be operated
On Tuesday, Air India cancelled its morning flight to Dhaka. The airline will operate its evening flight AI237/238 on the Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi sector on Tuesday. In a statement, the airline also said that due to the current situation there, passengers with confirmed bookings on any flights to and from Dhaka between August 4 and 7 are being given a one-time discount on rescheduling. The offer will be applicable for tickets booked on or before August 5.
There are two daily flights from Delhi to Dhaka
According to the news, as per the normal schedule, Air India operates two daily flights from the national capital Delhi to Dhaka. According to an official, Vistara will operate its services as per schedule from Wednesday. Vistara operates daily services from Mumbai and three weekly services from Delhi to Dhaka. Both Vistara and IndiGo had cancelled their Tuesday flights to the Bangladesh capital.
An update from IndiGo on flights to Dhaka for Wednesday is awaited. Usually, IndiGo operates one daily flight from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to Dhaka and two daily services from Kolkata to the Bangladesh capital.
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