Geneva : The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2021 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) fell by 58.4 per cent compared to the full year of 2019. This represented an improvement compa...

Montreal : Disrupted supply chains and capacity constraints halved the growth of global air cargo in November 2021, according to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published on January 11.
While economic conditions continue to boos...

Dhaka : Trade between India and Bangladesh by inland waterways is estimated to flourish more by the middle of 2022 as heavy cargo ships from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Haldia in West Bengal will sail to Pandu port in Assam through the neighbouring country.
India...

Dhaka : Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami recommended Bangladeshis to hold travel off to India currently unless it is essential, as Omicron cases of coronavirus are rising.
"It would be best if all inessential travel is avoided although w...

Dhaka : The government has implemented several programmes including 12 development projects through Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation to stimulate the development of the country's tourism sector.
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali said this ...

Montreal : The International Air Transport Association (IATA) clarified that the aircraft cabin remains a very low risk environment for contracting Covid-19 even though Omicron appears to be more transmissible than other variants in all environments.
According to IATA...

Madrid : This has been another challenging year for our societies, our economies and tourism. Many millions of jobs and businesses remain in peril, at the mercy of an evolving crisis and of the actions of governments. However, we are by no means in the same place we were whe...

Dhaka : Bangladesh's national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is thinking of launching direct flights on Dhaka-Male route. The country hopes, with direct flights, people-to-people contact and exchange of tourism will be further increased. 
Prime Minister Sh...

Geneva : The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in October 2021 with broad-based improvements in both domestic and international markets. It also warned that the imposition of travel bans by governments, against...

Dhaka : The World Tourism Organisation of the United Nations called out against the introduction of blanket restrictions on travel, as witnessed in recent days. This call echoes the concerns raised by UNWTO Members during the 24th UNWTO General Assembly held on November 30 -...