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Plans to fly former prime minister Khaleda Zia to London for advanced medical care have hit a fresh snag after the air ambulance hired for her travel requested the cancellation of its Tuesday landing slot in Dhaka, according to bdnews24.com.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) had approved the aircraft’s request to land on Tuesday following an application submitted through a third party over the weekend. But on Monday, the German operator, FAI Aviation Group, asked authorities to cancel the slot, according to a senior official at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
He said no revised application had yet been received.
This is the fifth postponement of the BNP chief's planned departure. Her medical team has said the timing of the journey would depend entirely on her condition.