Dhaka: For the record 14th time in 18 months, jet fuel price has skyrocketed again, serving a serious hit to the aviation industry of the country struggling to revive from the coronavirus pandemic. 
The price of jet fuel has now increased to BDT 106 per litre aft...

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Singapore : The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged Asia-Pacific states to further ease border measures to accelerate the region's recovery from Covid-19.
"Asia-Pacific is playing catch-up on restarting travel aft...

Dhaka : The long-awaited master plan to capitalize on the country's promising tourism potentials will be ready by December 2022. Already, Phase 1 of preparing the master plan has been completed while work on Phase 2 is ongoing and Phase 3 - the last one - will be finishe...

Dhaka : After a decade, another carrier, besides Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines, has been permitted to carry Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims to and from the kingdom.
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas received the go-ahead to transport Bangladeshi haj...

Geneva : A meeting of tourism specialists, held on April 25-29 in Geneva, Switzerland, has laid out policy recommendations that could help the tourism sector play a major role in the global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The technical meeting, organised by the I...

Dhaka : Prime minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser, Salman F Rahman, on May 9 expressed his dissatisfaction with the poor passenger services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. In an effort to improve the situation, he said, the govern...

Montreal : Global airline capacity has surged to its highest level in 2022 in late April following a rebound in Chinese domestic demand despite extended lockdowns in Asia's biggest aviation market, travel data firm OAG said on April 26.
Asian jet fuel refining mar...

Dhaka : Bangladesh ranks among the top 10 destinations in Asia Pacific best placed for a tourism recovery, according to the Travel-ready index 2022 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Fiji, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Maldives are in the best position in th...

Dhaka : After two years of travel plunge following the pandemic, the tourism industry of the country has embraced Eid rush once again. 
Thousands of people are travelling to different domestic and foreign destinations during this Eid vacation, said representative...

Geneva : The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air travel posted a strong rebound in February 2022 compared to January 2022, as Omicron-related impacts moderated outside of Asia. The war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, did not have a major...