India is promoting the partnership to develop the civil aviation industry as air traffic between the two neighbours increases. India can partner with Bangladesh to execute projects being planned to develop and modernise the civil aviation infrastructure in the country,” Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla said yesterday. Presently, around 100 flights are operated weekly between India and Bangladesh, connecting various Indian cities, including New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai from Dhaka and Chittagong, he added. “More airlines from both countries are launching or planning to launch flights between India and Bangladesh. In this context, he said new flights between different destinations in India and Bangladesh will give further boost to trade, tourism, cultural exchanges and people-to-people contacts and sustain the momentum towards closer ties.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 02, 2016 18:05 UTC