Biman has started operating flights to Saudi Arabia while Saudia has increased the number of its weekly flights from Dhaka, offering some relief to around 55,000 stranded Bangladeshi migrants seeking to go back to work in the Gulf country.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines got permission from the Saudi authorities to operate nine (chartered) flights to Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh every week from Thursday, Group Captain Chy M Zia Ul Kabir, member (flight standard and regulations) of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab), told The Daily Star yesterday.

Around 3,000 migrant workers, stranded in Bangladesh due to the coronavirus restrictions, will be able to reach Saudi Arabia every week in those nine flights, said sources at the airlines.

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