Britons in Bangladesh will be able to fly home on four repatriation flights this week – the first arranged from the country amid the coronavirus crisis – the Foreign Office has confirmed.
According to BBC News, it said the flights from Dhaka to London will depart on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and next Sunday. There will be a total of 850 seats, at a charge of £600 each.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said officials were working “around the clock” to get travellers home.
More than 2,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Bangladesh with 84 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. There have been some restrictions on movement within refugee camps and of aid workers in the country.
Robert Chatterton Dickson, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, said arrangements are being made to help transfer a number of British citizens from the north-east city of Sylhet.
Domestic flights between Sylhet and the capital Dhaka will be included in the overall cost of the charter flights for those who require them. British travellers in Bangladesh can book seats via a dedicated website.
