US-Bangla Airlines is going to operate daily flights from Dhaka to Bangkok from December 1 this year. Currently, US-Bangla operates flights five days a week on Dhaka-Bangkok route. No one will lag behind in Smart Bangladesh: Palak Due to the additional demand of passengers, it will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11:45 am on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday for Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport and land in Bangkok at 3:15 pm local time from December 1. On the same day, it will take off from Bangkok at 4:20 pm and reach Dhaka at 6:05 pm. 1 dead, 3 injured in steel mill fire at Dhaka's Kadamtoli area It will take off from Dhaka at 9:40 am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and land in Bangkok at 1:10 pm local time. On the same day, it will take off from Bangkok at 1:55 pm and reach Dhaka at 3:40 pm. The minimum fare for one-way on Dhaka-Bangkok route has been fixed at Tk 27,507 and return fare at Tk 33,154. The rent includes all types of taxes and surcharges. Ban e-cigarettes to protect new generation: e-CAB Currently, US-Bangla operates flights to Bangkok, Singapore, Chennai, Male, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Sharjah, Dubai, Muscat and Kolkata. US-Bangla Airlines has a total of 20 aircraft including 8 Boeing 737-800, 9 ATR 72-600.

Thousands of flight delays and cancellations rippled across the U.S. early Wednesday after computer outage led to a grounding order for all departing aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is working to restore what is known as the Notice to Air Missions System. Before commencing a flight, pilots are required to consult NOTAMs, or Notices to Air Missions, which list potential adverse impacts on flights, from runway construction to the potential for icing. The system used to be telephone-based, with pilots calling dedicated flight service stations for the information, but has now moved online. While the White House initially said that there is no evidence of a cyberattack, President Joe Biden said “we don’t know” and told reporters that he’s directed the Department of Transportation to investigate the cause of the disruption. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment. The stop order was lifted just before 9 a.m., but delays and cancellations are expected to snowball. Departure gates at major airports are filled with aircraft that had been ordered grounded for hours. More than 21,000 flights were scheduled to take off in the U.S. today, mostly domestic trips, and about 1,840 international flights expected to fly to the U.S., according to aviation data firm Cirium. Read more: Number of flights canceled by Southwest Airlines is growing More than 4,300 flights were delayed and more than 800 were cancelled by around 9:30 a.m. The stop order by the FAA impacted almost all flights of shippers and passenger airlines. Some medical flights could get clearance and the outage did not impact any military operations or the mobility of U.S. defense forces. Biden addressed the FAA issue Wednesday before leaving the White House to accompany his wife to a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside of Washington. He said he had just been briefed by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who told him they still had not identified what went wrong. “I just spoke to Buttigieg. They don’t know what the cause is. But I was on the phone with him about 10 minutes," Biden said. "I told him to report directly to me when they find out. Air traffic can still land safely, just not take off right now. We don’t know what the cause of it is.” Buttigieg said in a tweet that he is in touch with the FAA and monitoring the situation. Delays and cancellations that began on East Coast quickly spread west, with disruptions at almost all major U.S. airports. The FAA said it was working on restoring its Notice to Air Missions System. “We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now,” the FAA said. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected.” Julia Macpherson was on a United Airlines flight from Sydney to Los Angeles on Wednesday when she learned of possible delays. “As I was up in the air I got news from my friend who was also traveling overseas that there was a power outage,” said Macpherson, who was returning to Florida from Hobart, Tasmania. Once she lands in Los Angeles, she still has a connection in Denver on her flight to Jacksonville, Florida. She said there have been no announcements on the flight about the FAA issue. Macpherson said she had already experienced a delay in her travels because her original flight from Melbourne to San Francisco was canceled and she rebooked a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. Breakdowns in the NOTAM system appear to be rare. John Cox, a former airline pilot and aviation safety expert, said there has been talk in the aviation industry for years about trying to modernize the NOTAM system, but he did not know the age of the servers that the FAA uses. He couldn’t say whether a cyberattack was possible. “I’ve been flying 53 years. I’ve never heard the system go down like this," Cox said. "So something unusual happened.” Read more: Taiwan cancels flights as China holds military drills According FAA advisories, the NOTAM system failed at 8:28 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday preventing new or amended notices from being distributed to pilots. The FAA resorted to a telephone hotline in an effort to keep departures flying overnight, but as daytime traffic picked up it overwhelmed the telephone backup system. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said the U.S. military flights were not impacted because the military has its own NOTAMS system separate from the FAA system and the military’s system was not affected by the outage. European flights into the U.S. appeared to be largely unaffected. Irish carrier Aer Lingus said services to the U.S. continue, and Dublin Airport’s website showed that its flights to Newark, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles were running on schedule. “Aer Lingus plan to operate all transatlantic flights as scheduled today,” the carrier said in a prepared statement. “We will continue to monitor but we do not anticipate any disruption to our services arising from the technical issue in the United States.” This is just the latest headache for travelers in the U.S. who faced flight cancellations over the holidays amid winter storms and a breakdown with staffing technology at Southwest Airlines. They also ran into long lines, lost baggage, and cancellations and delays over the summer as travel demand roared back from the COVID-19 pandemic and ran into staffing cutbacks at airports and airlines in the U.S. and Europe. The FAA said that it would provide frequent updates as it made progress.

NOVOAIR will operate direct flights on Jashore-Cox's Bazar route from  November 30. The flight will depart from Jashore every Wednesday at 11:45 AM and will arrive in Cox's Bazar at 12:55 pm. Similarly, it will depart from Cox's Bazar every Saturday at 9:55 AM and will arrive in Jashore at 11am. One-way fare will start from Tk 5,900. Read more: Novoair's Rajshahi-Cox's Bazar flight starts NOVOAIR has announced a free hotel offer for three nights in Cox's Bazar for tourists. To enjoy this offer, passengers have to purchase return couple tickets from Jashore to Cox's Bazar to Jashore. This offer includes free hotel stay for three nights. NOVOAIR offered free hotel room in Cox’s Bazar are Seagull Hotel, Long Beach Hotel, Neeshorgo Hotel & Resort, Windy Terrace Hotel, Grace Cox Smart Hotel, and Hotel Sea Palace. NOVOAIR currently operates daily flights from Dhaka to Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Saidpur, Jashore, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Kolkata.

Private carrier US-Bangla Airlines launched two international flights -- one on the Dhaka-Bangkok route and another on the Chattogram-Kolkata route -- on Thursday morning. The flight on the Dhaka-Bangkok route took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 10.10am and is slated to land at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 1.40pm (local time), said Md Kamrul Islam, general manager (public relations) of the carrier. The return flight will leave Bangkok at 2.40pm (local time) on the same day and arrive in Dhaka at 4.20pm. The airline will operate flights on the Dhaka-Bangkok route five days a week, except for Mondays and Wednesdays. Read: Travelport becomes US Bangla Airlines’ first GDS partner for strategic expansion Meanwhile, the flight on the Chattogram-Kolkata route took off from Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city around 10.15am and landed at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 11.40pm (local time). The return flight will leave Kolkata at 12.40pm (local time) on the same day and arrive in Chattogram at 2.10pm. The flight on the Chattogram-Kolkata route will operate seven days a week. Apart from operating flights on all domestic routes, US-Bangla now runs flights to global destinations like Singapore, Chennai, Male, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Sharjah, Dubai and Muscat.

Private carrier US-Bangla Airlines will resume its flights on the Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka on September 1. Except for Mondays and Wednesdays, the airline will operate flights on this route, route five days a week, Md Kamrul Islam, general manager (public relations) of the US-Bangla, said Saturday. The flights will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:10am and will land at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 1:40pm (local time). Read: US-Bangla to operate international flights on four routes from Saturday The return flights will leave Bangkok at 2:40pm (local time) on the same day and arrive in Dhaka at 4:20pm. US-Bangla flights on the Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route were grounded due to Covid-19. Apart from operating flights on all domestic routes, US-Bangla now runs flights to Singapore, Chennai, Male, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Sharjah, Dubai, Muscat and Kolkata. Read US-Bangla resumes Chattogram-Kolkata flights September 1

Sylhet's MAG Osmani International Airport has been closed for flights operation for three days from Friday due to the deteriorating flood situation in the region. No flights will be operated at the airport for three days from today (Friday), said Hafiz Ahmed, manager of the airport. The notice was issued as the flood water reached close to the runway, he added. A further decision will be taken after observing the overall situation, the manager said.

Dozens of flights were canceled or delayed Saturday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport as a group of KLM baggage handlers went on strike on one of the busiest days of the year at the major aviation hub to protest working conditions and staff shortages. Also read: More UK Easter flights disrupted amid COVID staff absences The strike by KLM baggage handlers coincided with the first day of school holidays and families flying on holiday for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were lifted in many countries. KLM said in a statement that the strike “has far-reaching consequences for our customers and other colleagues at this busy time.” The carrier said it was in talks with the striking staff. Schiphol warned on its website of delays and cancelations and advised passengers to contact their airline for flight information. Also read: Int'l flights to remain suspended in India until further orders

British travelers faced more disruptions during the Easter holiday break as two major airlines, British Airways and easyJet, canceled about 100 flights Wednesday. British Airways canceled two flights because of coronavirus-related staff absences, on top of more than 70 flights that it had canceled in advance as part of adjustments to its schedule. Budget carrier easyJet scrubbed at least 30 flights to or from London's Gatwick airport. The aviation industry is suffering from staff shortages because of both a surge in coronavirus-related staff sickness in the U.K. and a shortage of workers because of pandemic-related job cuts. British Airways and easyJet have canceled hundreds of flights since the weekend, which marked the start of a two-week Easter school holiday break. EasyJet said it will operate most of its 1,545 flights planned for Wednesday, with a “small proportion" canceled in advance to give customers enough time to book new ones. The airline says the number of crew illnesses are at more than double normal levels because of high COVID-19 infection rates across Europe. British Airways said many of its cancellations include flights that were cut when it decided last month to reduce its schedule until the end of May to boost reliability amid rising COVID-19 cases. READ: After 2 years, India resumes int'l flights Infections across the U.K. have soared again with the rapid spread of the more transmissible omicron BA.2 variant, reaching record levels last week when official figures showed that some 1 in 13 people had the virus. The Easter school holidays are the first time many families in Britain have booked trips abroad after two years of pandemic restrictions. All remaining virus measures, including mandatory self-isolation for those infected and testing requirements for international travel, were scrapped in February and March.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the Taliban, said dozens of women who arrived at Kabul's international airport Friday to board domestic and international flights were told they couldn't do so without a male guardian. Some of the women were dual nationals returning to their homes overseas, including some from Canada, according to one of the officials. Women were denied boarding on flights to Islamabad, Dubai and Turkey on Kam Air and the state-owned Ariana Airline, said the officials. The order came from the Taliban leadership, said one official. By Saturday, some women traveling alone were given permission to board an Ariana Airlines flight to western Herat province, the official said. However, by the time the permission was granted they had missed their flight, he said. The airport's president and police chief, both from the Taliban movement and both Islamic clerics, were meeting Saturday with airline officials. “They are trying to solve it,” the official said. It was still unclear whether the Taliban would exempt air travel from an order issued months ago requiring women traveling more than 45 miles (72 kilometers) to be accompanied by a male relative. Also read: Taliban break promise on higher education for Afghan girls Taliban officials contacted by The Associated Press did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Since taking power last August, the Taliban leadership have been squabbling among themselves as they struggle to transition from war to governing. It has pit hard-liners — like acting Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund, who is deeply rooted in the old guard — against the more pragmatic among them, like Sirajuddin Haqqani. He took over leadership of the powerful Haqqani network from his father Jalaluddin Haqanni. The elder Haqqani, who died several years ago, is from Akhund's generation, who ruled Afghanistan under the strict and unchallenged leadership of Mullah Mohammad Omar. Infuriating many Afghans is the knowledge that many of the Taliban of the younger generation, like Sirajuddin Haqqani, are educating their girls in Pakistan, while in Afghanistan women and girls have been targeted by their repressive edicts since taking power. This latest assault on women's rights in Taliban-run Afghanistan denying women air travel, comes just days after the all-male religiously driven government broke its promise to allow girls to return to school after the sixth grade. The move enraged the international community, which has been reluctant to recognize the Taliban-run government since the Taliban swept into power last August, fearing they would revert to their harsh rule of the 1990s. The Taliban's refusal to open up education to all Afghan children also infuriated large swaths of the Afghan population. On Saturday, dozens of girls demonstrated in the Afghan capital demanding the right to go to school. After the Taliban's ban on girls education beyond the sixth grade, women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj went on Afghanistan's TOLO TV to ask: “How do we as a nation trust you with your words anymore? What should we do to please you? Should we all die?” An Afghan charity called PenPath, which runs dozens of "secret' schools with thousands of volunteers, is planning to stage countrywide protests to demand the Taliban reverse its order, said Matiullah Wesa, PenPath founder. On Saturday at the Doha Forum 2022 in Qatar, Roya Mahboob, an Afghan businesswoman who founded an all-girl robotics team in Afghanistan, was given the Forum Award for her work and commitment to girls education. U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Tom West canceled meetings with the Taliban at the Doha Forum after classes for older girls were halted. Deputy U.S. State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter said in a statement that “We have canceled some of our engagements, including planned meetings in Doha and around the Doha Forum, and have made clear that we see this decision as a potential turning point in our engagement. "The decision by the Taliban, if it is not swiftly reversed, will profoundly harm the Afghan people, the country’s prospects for economic growth, and the Taliban’s ambition to improve their relations with the international community,” she said. Also read: Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, even before Taliban In an interview after receiving the Doha Forum award, Mahboob called on the many global leaders and policy makers attending the forum to press the Taliban to open schools for all Afghan children. The robotics team fled Afghanistan when the Taliban returned to power but Mahboob said she still hoped a science and technology center she had hoped to build in Afghanistan for girls could still be constructed. “I hope that the international community, the Muslim communities (have not) forgotten about Afghanistan and (will) not abandon us,” she said. "Afghanistan is a poor country. It doesn’t have enough resources. And if you take (away) our knowledge, I don’t know what’s going to happen."

Direct international flights will be operated from Sylhet Osmani Airport once the construction of its international terminal is completed, said State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali on Tuesday. He expressed this hope while visiting the airport to see the progress in the work on the international terminal and its expansion. READ: US-Bangla launches Dhaka-Sharjah flights He said despite the Covid-19 pandemic Biman operated its flights to UK from Sylhet airport. Talking about prospect of Biman’s direct flight on Dhaka-New York route, Mahbub said an audit team from New York will arrive on February 27 to discuss the subject. READ: US-Bangla Airlines to launch flights to Sharjah Sunday  “We hope we can launch a direct flight on this route soon,” he told reporters. To another question he said the government mulls subsidising plane fares for Middle East-bound Bangladeshi immigrants.