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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025
Biman cancels flights amid Saudi Arabia's fresh Covid-19 restrictions

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TBS Report
21 December, 2020, 10:40 am
Last modified: 21 December, 2020, 11:37 am

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Biman cancels flights amid Saudi Arabia's fresh Covid-19 restrictions

The flights of the national flag carrier have been cancelled for one week

TBS Report
21 December, 2020, 10:40 am
Last modified: 21 December, 2020, 11:37 am
File photo of an aircraft/Collected
File photo of an aircraft/Collected

As one-week flight restriction has been imposed by Saudi Arabia amid Covid-19 pandemic, Biman Bangladesh airlines has cancelled its all flights to Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam from today.  

The flights of the national flag carrier have been cancelled for one week, says a Biman press release on Monday.

Passengers of cancelled flights will be allotted seats on priority basis subject to seat vacancy after resumption of flight, reads the release.

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New Covid strain: Saudi Arabia suspends international flights and land and sea entry for a week

Saudi government's restriction has been made in response to the emergence of a potent new strain of the virus in the UK and other European countries.

Saudi Arabia suspended late on Sunday all international commercial flights for a renewable week except for the foreign flights already in the kingdom which will be allowed to leave, state news agency SPA reported quoting an interior ministry source.

The source added the entry to the kingdom through land and sea ports will be also suspended for a renewable week.

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