Amid the ongoing security situation in the Middle East, 34 flights were cancelled at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday.
With this, a total of 210 flights have been cancelled over the past six days.
Kawsar Mahmud, an official of the public relations department of the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB), confirmed the information.
He said: “On February 28, due to the security situation in the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan closed their airspace.”
According to CAAB sources, 23 flights were cancelled on February 28; 40 on March 1; 46 on March 2; 39 on March 3; and 28 on March 4 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Of the flights cancelled on Thursday, four were from Qatar Airways, four from Kuwait Airways, four from Jazeera Airways (Kuwait), 10 from Air Arabia (Sharjah, UAE), four from Emirates, two from US-Bangla Airlines, two from Gulf Air (Bahrain), and four from flydubai (UAE).
