Flight operation on Rajshahi-Cox's Bazar route in the offing

Flight operation on the Rajshahi-Cox's Bazar route is going to be launched as soon as possible for the convenience of the tourists concerned.
 
With this breakthrough, those interested to visit sea beach can reach Cox's Bazar from here in 70 minutes.
 
Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton told journalists that private airlines Novoair is going to operate commercial flights on the Rajshahi–Cox’s Bazar route for the first time in history.
 
He said the Novoair authorities in a recently held meeting assured him of operating direct commercial flights on the promising route every Sunday and Thursday within next September or October.
 
Mayor Liton said that direct fights on the Rajshahi–Cox’s Bazar route was a long-cherished demand of the city people.
 
He said that people in Rajshahi had to go to Cox's Bazar via Dhaka and Chittagong and endure innumerable troubles as distance from Rajshahi to Cox's Bazar is around 640 kilometers on road.
 
People will be able to travel to and from the tourist city quickly when the direct flight on this route is launched, he added.
 
The mayor also said that they were planning to launch direct flights on the Rajshahi–Kolkata route.