Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka were disrupted on Sunday due to dense fog.
Four international flights were diverted and operations of eight others were delayed, the airport’s Executive Director Group Captain Kamrul Islam told UNB.
Flights of US Bangla Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Vistara Airlines were diverted due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.
Meanwhile, flights of eight airlines – Qatar Airways, Oman Air, Emirates Airlines, Salam Air, Vistara Airlines, Air Arabia, US Bangla Airlines and Biman Bangladesh Airlines – were delayed.
On January 8, eight international flights were diverted and operations of seven others were delayed due to the same reason.
An international flight was diverted to Hyderabad in India and operations of seven others were delayed, on January 4.
The day before, two international flights carrying passengers from Qatar and Saudi Arabia headed for Dhaka airport made emergency landings at Sylhet Osmani International Airport.
