405 Bangladeshis return from Dubai on US-Bangla’s second special flight
US-Bangla operated two special flights on the Dhaka–Dubai–Dhaka route to bring back Bangladeshis who had been stranded in the UAE due to regional flight disruptions
ATT Correspondent 
A second special flight operated by US-Bangla Airlines carrying 405 passengers stranded in the United Arab Emirates amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East landed in Dhaka on Friday.
The flight from Dubai arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:07am with 405 passengers on board, according to the airline’s General Manager for Public Relations, Md Kamrul Islam.
In an effort described by the airline as a humanitarian initiative, US-Bangla operated two special flights on the Dhaka–Dubai–Dhaka route to bring back Bangladeshis who had been stranded in the UAE due to regional flight disruptions.
The first special flight departed Dhaka at 7:20pm on March 4 and later returned from Dubai with 378 passengers. Among those on board were 27 crew members of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The second flight left Dhaka at 5:15pm on Thursday and flew to Dubai to bring back more stranded passengers. It departed Dubai at around 10pm local time before landing in the Bangladeshi capital on Friday.
The flights were operated using a 436-seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Authorities at Dubai International Airport granted special permission to several airlines, including US-Bangla Airlines, Emirates, and Air India, to operate special flights considering the overall situation in the Middle East.
Bangladeshi passengers whose visas had already expired or were about to expire were given priority to travel on these flights, according to officials.
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