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At least 50 international flights operating between Chattogram and several Middle Eastern destinations have been cancelled over the past six days amid the conflict in the region following the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to the Shah Amanat International Airport authority.
A total of four outbound flights of Bangladesh Biman Airlines and Air Arabia were cancelled on Thursday morning, said Ibrahim Khalil, public relations officer of the airport.
He said that air traffic to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Doha in the Middle East were suspended amid the ongoing war, reports bdnews24.com.
In total, 50 outbound and incoming flights of various airlines have been cancelled from the airport in the past six days.
Spokesman Ibrahim also said SalamAir flight OV-401 from Muscat was scheduled to land in Chattogram at 7:55 am, but could not do so on time due to fog and eventually left for Dhaka.
It returned to Chattogram and landed there at 10:55 am. It is scheduled to depart Chattogram for Muscat as flight OV-402 at 11:55 am.
The Middle East was drawn into a fresh state of conflict on Saturday morning as Israel and the US launched attacks on Iran.
Iran later responds with counterattacks targeting US bases and other sites across the region.
Under the circumstances, the airspaces of several countries in the Middle East were closed.
On Feb 28, three outbound and three inbound flights were cancelled.
Three departure flights and seven arrival flights were cancelled on Mar 1, followed by four departures and one arrival on Mar 2, four departures and three arrivals on Tuesday, six departures and five arrivals on Wednesday and four departures and five arrivals on Thursday.