India-Bangaldesh air connectivity gets a boost

The move is set to benefit passengers travelling for medical and business purposes

PRAVASISAMWAD.COM

Both India and Bangaldesh have decided to increase the frequency from the existing seven flight per week to 21 flights per week from both ends In a recent update, the government of India and Bangladesh announced the increase in the frequency of flights under the air bubble arrangement from 7 to 21 per week per country effective October 15 looking at the number of decreasing Covid-19 cases in both the nations. The move is set to benefit passengers travelling for medical and business purposes.

In a tweet, the High Commission of India in Bangladesh shared details and said, “Frequency of flights between India & Bangladesh to increase! India & Bangladesh have mutually decided to increase frequency of flights under Air Bubble arrangement from 7 to 21 per week per country. Will come into effect from 15/10/21. Will benefit passengers travelling for medical & business purpose.”

Tourist visa on chartered flights is only valid for group tours. The freshly issued tourist visas are only valid for entry in India via air or sea routes. Land routes entry for tourists is currently suspended

Earlier, the High Commission had announced that it would issue tourist visas to individual tourists planning to fly to India on all air bubble flights that were scheduled on or after November 15. It started the tourist visa services from October 12. Tourist visa on chartered flights is only valid for group tours. The freshly issued tourist visas are only valid for entry in India via air or sea routes. Land routes entry for tourists is currently suspended.

************************************************************************

Readers

These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.

Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world.  We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.

Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.

In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.

For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com