20 flights cancelled at HSIA today; Ctg airport reports 12 cancellations amid Middle East airspace closures

Cancellation of flights continued as 20 international flights scheduled to operate today from Dhaka airport were cancelled, raising the total number of cancelled flights to 266 in the last eight days since February 28.

Authorities at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan closed their airspace on February 28, the day the US and Israel launched war on Iran, which triggered disruptions to flights operating to and from Dhaka.

The number of cancelled flights on February 28 was 23. On March 1, a total of 40 flights were cancelled, followed by 46 flights on March 2, 39 flights on March 3, 28 flights on March 4, 36 flights on March 5, 34 flights on March 6, and 20 flights on March 7.

The flights cancelled on March 7 include two flights of Kuwait Airways, two flights of Jazeera Airways, six flights of Air Arabia from Sharjah, two flights of Gulf Air, four flights of Qatar Airways, and four flights of Emirates.

Despite the disruption, several flights continued to operate from the airport to several Middle Eastern destinations.

In the last seven days, a total of 173 flights were operated to different Middle East destinations from HSIA.

Of the total, six flights were operated on February 28, 20 flights on March 1, 18 flights on March 2, 22 flights on March 3, 35 flights on March 4, 38 flights on March 5, and 34 flights on March 6.

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20 flights cancelled at HSIA today; Ctg airport reports 12 cancellations amid Middle East airspace closures

7 March 2026, 15:49 PM

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Cancellation of flights continued as 20 international flights scheduled to operate today from Dhaka airport were cancelled, raising the total number of cancelled flights to 266 in the last eight days since February 28.

Authorities at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan closed their airspace on February 28, the day the US and Israel launched war on Iran, which triggered disruptions to flights operating to and from Dhaka.

The number of cancelled flights on February 28 was 23. On March 1, a total of 40 flights were cancelled, followed by 46 flights on March 2, 39 flights on March 3, 28 flights on March 4, 36 flights on March 5, 34 flights on March 6, and 20 flights on March 7.

The flights cancelled on March 7 include two flights of Kuwait Airways, two flights of Jazeera Airways, six flights of Air Arabia from Sharjah, two flights of Gulf Air, four flights of Qatar Airways, and four flights of Emirates.

Despite the disruption, several flights continued to operate from the airport to several Middle Eastern destinations.

In the last seven days, a total of 173 flights were operated to different Middle East destinations from HSIA.

Of the total, six flights were operated on February 28, 20 flights on March 1, 18 flights on March 2, 22 flights on March 3, 35 flights on March 4, 38 flights on March 5, and 34 flights on March 6.

On March 7, 41 flights — including six to Muscat, 18 to Saudi Arabia, and 17 to the United Arab Emirates, including 11 to Dubai, three to Abu Dhabi, and three to Sharjah — are scheduled to operate from HSIA, airport authorities said.

Meanwhile, disruptions were also reported at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

Airport authorities said several international flights were cancelled today as airfields in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Doha remained closed since February 28.

The cancelled flights include three flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines — one arrival and two departures from Middle Eastern destinations.

Four flights of Air Arabia — two arrivals and two departures — were also cancelled.

In addition, three flights of US-Bangla Airlines — one arrival and two departures — and two flights of SalamAir — one arrival and one departure — were cancelled.

However, some international flights continued to operate from the airport. These include one arrival flight of SalamAir, flight OV-401 from Muscat to Chattogram, and one departure flight OV-402 from Chattogram to Muscat.

Two arrival flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines — BG-138 from Madinah and BG-122 from Muscat — also operated to Chattogram.

Airport authorities said that since February 28, a total of 80 international flights have been cancelled at the Chattogram airport, including 12 flights cancelled today, amid the ongoing war situation in the Middle East.

Source: The Daily Star