{"id":26485,"date":"2025-11-28T05:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=26485"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:40:22","slug":"direct-flights-between-pakistan-bangladesh-from-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=26485","title":{"rendered":"Direct flights between Pakistan, Bangladesh from December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cAs relations between the two countries improved in 2025, two Pakistani private airlines have recently received approval for direct flights,\u201d a Dhaka official said<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDirect flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh<\/a> will begin from next month, a significant leap in strengthening connectivity between the two countries,\u201d said Dhaka’s top diplomat on Wednesday (November 26, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been no direct flight between Pakistan and Bangladesh for the last several years. As relations between the two countries improved this year [in 2025], two Pakistani private airlines have recently received approval for direct flights,\u201c the official added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMahan Air will start three weekly flights between Dhaka and Karachi from next month,\u201d Bangladesh\u2019s High Commissioner in Islamabad, Iqbal Hussain Khan, told businessmen at Lahore Chamber of Commerce Industry (LCCI). However, he did not specify any date or other details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Read |Bangladesh\u2019s envoy says ties with Pakistan improved since Hasina\u2019s ouster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe visa process has been simplified. Visas are now being issued on the joint recommendation of LCCI and the Bangladesh Honorary Consulate in Lahore,\u201d the High Commissioner said. \u201cVisas will be issued to members within three to four days, making travel between the two countries faster and easier,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe three weekly flights between Dhaka and Karachi will be a significant leap in strengthening connectivity between the two countries,\u201d Mr. Khan added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahan Airlines, operating under the name Mahan Air, is a privately owned Iranian airline based in Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relations between Dhaka and Islamabad have continued to improve on several fronts since Sheikh Hasina was ousted after massive student-led protests in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024 and Muhammad Yunus took over as the Chief Adviser of the interim government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, two Pakistani private airlines \u2014 Fly Jinnah and AirSial \u2014 received approval from the aviation authorities in Bangladesh to operate direct flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA direct cargo shipping service between the two countries will also be launched soon. While a cargo service between the two countries has been operational since last December, rising trade demand now requires a dedicated direct cargo route,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPakistan can increase rice exports to Bangladesh, and Dhaka can supply fresh pineapples to Pakistan besides trade in textiles and ready-made garments,\u201c LCCI president Faheemur Rehman Saigol noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt present, bilateral trade stands at $700 million, but it may increase up to $3 billion over the next few years,\u201d Mr Saigol said. He also added that direct flights would further enhance trade relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/c\/article70325517.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs relations between the two countries improved in 2025, two Pakistani private airlines have recently received approval for direct flights,\u201d a Dhaka official said \u201cDirect flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh will begin from next month, a significant leap in strengthening connectivity between the two countries,\u201d said Dhaka’s top diplomat on Wednesday (November 26, 2025). \u201cThere has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[9715,23860,25166,25165,11208,483,25164,25167,2906],"class_list":["post-26485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-bangladesh-2","tag-bilateral-relations-3","tag-diplomatic-relations-3","tag-direct-flights-2","tag-investment-2","tag-pakistan-2","tag-pakistan-bangladesh-2","tag-political-relations","tag-trade-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26487,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485\/revisions\/26487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}