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Russia may launch direct flights to Bangladesh

22 March 2023


Business Desk :
Russia may launch direct flights to eleven countries, including Bangladesh, reports Russian News Agency TASS.
The news agency said it obtained a telegram of the Federal Air Transport Agency sent to the heads of Russian airliners.
"To the airline's executives: I ask you to submit proposals for the development of air transportation with the following countries to the Department of Transportation Regulation and International Cooperation at the Federal Air Transport Agency by 5:00pm on March 22: opening direct flights from Russia to Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia," TASS quoted the telegram as saying.
The document also notes that the Federal Air Transport Agency is collecting proposals to increase air travel from Russian cities to cities in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Egypt, Cuba and Turkmenistan.

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