The flight will leave Dhaka at 8 p.m. and is expected to land at Karachi airport at 11 p.m.
Pakistan and Bangladesh have resumed direct air links after a 14-year hiatus, with Biman Bangladesh Airlines operating its first flight between Dhaka and Karachi on Thursday.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG341 will leave Dhaka at 8 p.m. and is expected to land at Karachi airport at 11 p.m. after a three-hour journey.
Airport authorities and the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan said they had received the flight schedule and made special arrangements for the arrival of the airline’s first flight in Karachi.
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The resumption of direct air links between Bangladesh and Pakistan is considered important for both countries.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate twice a week, the first regular flights since 2012.
“We are relaunching the Karachi-Dhaka route with two weekly flights,” said airline director Bosra Islam. AFP.
Pakistan and Bangladesh – geographically divided by more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) by India – were once a single nation. They separated after a bitter war in 1971.
“The resumption of direct flights will significantly improve connectivity between Pakistan and Bangladesh, promoting business travel, tourism and family reunions,” Biman Bangladesh Airlines said in a statement.
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Travelers between Pakistan and Bangladesh currently have to use connecting flights via Gulf hubs such as Dubai and Doha.
Cargo ships resumed sailing from Karachi to Bangladesh’s key port Chittagong in November 2024.
Since then, trade has grown and cultural ties have grown, with popular Pakistani singers performing in Dhaka, while Bangladeshi patients travel to Pakistan for medical treatment.
