Flight operation on Chattogram-Kunming route announced

China has planned to operate flights from Chattogram to Kunming. China has dedicated four Kunming hospitals for the treatment of Bangladeshi patients, but the high cost of air ticket remains as a major impediment to travel to the Chinese city.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary announced this on Saturday (March 29).

China Eastern Airlines has planned to operate flights from Chittagong to Kunming.

The decision will help Bangladeshi patients to take treatment in the hospitals in southern Chinese city, officials said Saturday.

The planned flights between Kunming and Chattogram will bring down travel costs and travel time.

The authorities in Kunming have dedicated hospital floors for Bangladesh patients. The treatment fees are modest. A patient from Bangladesh pays the same fees as paid by local Chinese people, sources said.

Meanwhile, the civil aviation authorities in Dhaka have also moved to cut the air ticket cost for flights between Dhaka and Kunming.

Chinese authorities said they would open up more healthcare facilities in the country for the Bangladeshi people.

In April, Bangladesh would also send a big team of journalists to Kunming to see for themselves the treatment facilities there.