What’s new in the arena of civil aviation?
If you are someone who loves travelling particularly by air, then being homebound for the last few days must have been really the dullest period of your life. To make your mundane life a bit tolerable, we bring you a compiled list of stuff related to aviation travel that you might find interesting:
Dhaka airport to get a new radar
By the time you are able to travel, rest assured your travel will be a bit safer as Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh is upgrading their analogue radar. Not only it will make our lives safer but will be source of additional national revenue by providing guidance. The new radar system is going to be provided by Thales.
Flying drones get simpler
If ariel photography is your thing, then this year should be a delightful one. This year, government has approved a new guideline for flying drones. For entertainment purpose, one no longer needs any permission to fly a drone. All you need is a legally purchased drone which won't fly above 500 feet and won't be weighing more than 5 kilograms. For details do check the guideline.
BD-US signs open sky pact
By the time the pandemic is over, hopefully you will be to catch a Biman flight from Dhaka to USA, thanks to the recently signed Open Sky Agreement. This agreement in a way opens out way BD and USA have formally signed an air transport agreement today. From now on, this agreement will act as the primary basis to resume flight operations between the two countries.
British Airways to resume operation
After more than a decade (11 years to be exact), British airways is again commencing its operation in Bangladesh. According to ministry of civil aviation, British Airways will have direct flight from Dhaka to London making it a very lucrative option as a huge number of crowds right now have to rely on indirect flights to go to UK.
All airport WiFi passwords in one map
Though this might be not be the handiest piece of information for you right now, but it is certainly worth bookmarking. Anil Potal, an engineer and blogger created a global map of most of the popular airports of the world. It's regularly updated and you can check every time before you trip. Here's the link: https://bit.ly/ToggleWiFi