Flight services resume at 3 coastal airports
25 October 2022, 04:11 pm | Updated: 30 November 2024, 12:29 am
After nearly 21 hours of suspension due to the cyclone ‘Sitrang’, flight operations at Three airports in Bangladesh’s coastal belt in Shah Amanat International Airport, Cox's Bazar Airport, and Barisal airport resumed Tuesday noon (Oct 25, 2022).
The services resumed at the three airports at 12 pm, according to a notification issued by Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Tuesday.
Earlier, flight services to and from the airports were suspended at 3pm on Monday due to cyclone Sitrang.
As a result, several flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US Bangla and NOVOAIR on domestic routes were cancelled.
Meanwhile, inland water transport operations resumed this morning after being suspended for around 24 hours due to inclement weather caused by cyclone Sitrang.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has ordered the resumption of vessel operations from 9.45am as all the riverine ports now come under local cautionary signal number 1, said BIWTA public relations officer Mobarak Hossain.
Sitrang moved north-northeastwards very fast and and now lies over Dhaka-Cumilla-Brahmanbaria and adjoining areas as a land depression, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).
