Dhaka, October 3:

India’s national carrier Air India, which resumed its operations in Bangladesh on June 18, has received a good response from passengers, especially on the Britain and Gulf sectors. “The flights are going well as we are enjoying good loads from Dhaka. The flights are between 80 and 85 per cent full on an average and carry about 200-250 passengers on each flight,” said A K Mitra, Bangladesh manager of the airline. Mitra said Air India was the only international airline operating flights from Dhaka to three separate destinations — Kolkata, Delhi and London — with its Boeing 777-200 aircraft. “To facilitate London-bo-und passengers from Sylhet in the north east, we have tied up with GMG Airlines, for carrying passengers who have completed their immigration formalities,” he said. Mitra said Air India was offering 21 flights per week to London and three to Birmingham, thus doubling the capacity offered by airlines on the India-Britain route in the past seven months. “Similar facilities are available from the southeast port city of Chittagong from where most of the passengers go to destinations in the gulf,” said Mitra.