Bangladesh and Pakistan are to resume direct flights after more than a decade, Dhaka’s national airline said on Thursday, as ties warm and regional power balances shift. Biman Bangladesh Airlines is scheduled to fly its first Dhaka-Karachi flight on January 29 and will be operated twice weekly, the first regular flights since 2012.
“We are relaunching the Dhaka-Karachi route with two weekly flights,” airline manager Bosra Islam told AFP on Thursday.
“The resumption of direct flights will significantly improve connectivity between Bangladesh and Pakistan, supporting business travel, tourism, and family reunions,” Biman Bangladesh Airlines said in a statement.
Separately, following the resumption of flights from Islamabad to the UK, the PIA has now decided to resume flights from Lahore to London as well.
Initially, the airline will operate one flight between these two cities every week. The first flight will leave London for Lahore on March 29, while the very next day, on March 30, a flight will head from Lahore to London.